Survey Of (285) Cases Of Ectopic Gestation

CABS,; DGS,; Jassim Tlefih, Abdulhadi; MBChB,

	Survey Of (285) Cases Of Ectopic Gestation
KUFA MEDICAL JOURNAL
Article 1, Volume 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-49
Authors
; ; Abdulhadi Jassim Tlefih;
Abstract
A total of 285 cases of surgically treated ectopic gestation (EG) was registered between July1996 and Jun 2006 in 3 hospitals in Baghdad (Al- Habeabia hospital, Al- Elweya teaching hospital and Al- Kindy teaching hospital). Age of the patients ranged from 14 to 43 years, with a mean of 29.98 years. The highest incidence of EG (47%) was among women aged 24–33 years. The most common EG site was the ampulla (86.7%). (58.2%) of women with EG had no identifiable risk factor (RF). (40.3%) of women had prior pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). (10.8%) of patients had previous EG. Clinical presentation of EG occurred with a range of 6 to 12.5 weeks with a mean of 7.5 weeks after the last normal menstrual period. (86%) of cases had tubal rupture or impending rupture. The most common clinical symptoms and signs were pelvic or abdominal pain (98.2%), abdominal tenderness with or without guarding and rebound tenderness (94.7%). The most common type of surgery was salpingectomy (87.7%) and the most common post operative complication was recurrent EG (8.4%)

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