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Culdocentesis in Tubal Pregnancy
Author(s) -
Mittal Sushil,
Grover Vimal,
Dhall Kamala,
Dhall G. I.,
Gupta A. N.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.734
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1479-828X
pISSN - 0004-8666
DOI - 10.1111/j.1479-828x.1985.tb00603.x
Subject(s) - laparotomy , medicine , obstetrics , gynecology , pregnancy , ectopic pregnancy , surgery , biology , genetics
Summary: Culdocentesis was carried out in 92 suspected cases of ectopic pregnancy and was positive in 90%. Laparotomy confirmed the accuracy of culdocentesis in 97.5% of the cases of acute tubal rupture, 87.5% of tubal abortions and 80% of ‘intact’ tubal pregnancies.