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EARLY ECTOPIC PREGNANCY AFTER VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY TWO CASE REPORTS
Author(s) -
Cocks P. S.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1980.tb04559.x
Subject(s) - hysterectomy , medicine , ectopic pregnancy , obstetrics , pregnancy , gynecology , surgery , genetics , biology
Summary Two patients with ectopic pregnancy following vaginal hysterectomy are described. In each patient conception occurred prior to hysterectomy. A review of the literature reveals 23 similar cases with 13 presenting as early postoperative complications and 10 as late postoperative complications.