Laparoscopy in Pregnancy

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Operative Laparoscopy in Pregnancy

OBJECTIVE We compared the surgical outcomes of pregnant women undergoing laparotomy in the first 2 trimesters of pregnancy with those undergoing laparoscopy for the management of acute pelvic pain. METHODS We performed a systematic retrospective chart review of patients whose discharge diagnosis included intrauterine pregnancy with exploratory laparotomy or laparoscopy from August 1, 1993 to ...

P-171: Pregnancy Rate after Laparoscopy in Infertile Women

Background: Infertility not only as a disease but also as a serious problem affects the family and harms its health. Approximately 50 to 80 million people in the world suffer from infertility. Laparoscopy is a golden standard which helps diagnose peritoneal and the fallopian tubal problems and treat them. Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 162 infertile women referring to the...

Laparoscopy of Spontaneous Heterotopic Pregnancy

HKJGOM 2007; 7 (1) 53 Introduction It is commonly thought that the presence of an intra-uterine pregnancy excludes the diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy because heterotopic pregnancy is extremely rare. This may be reasonable with the estimated incidence of heterotopic pregnancy at 1 in 30 000 in the past. However recent studies have noted an increase in incidence to 1 in 4000 to 1 in 8000, with hi...

Laparoscopy During Pregnancy: A Literature Review

OBJECTIVE To review the literature regarding the role of laparoscopy during pregnancy, particularly adnexal mass and non-obstetric surgery, incorporating the results of a series of 9 cases of laparoscopy during pregnancy at our centers. MATERIALS AND METHODS A Medline search was performed to review the literature, and the reference lists provided by those articles were further explored for ci...