Survey of (285)‎ cases of ectopic gestation

الملخص EN

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%)