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Virtual Poster Details

Name
10104 - Laparoscopic Approach to a 15-Week Interstitial Pregnancy
Presenting Author
Alison Kosmacki
Affiliation
Washington University of St. Louis
Abstract
  • Study Objective: To review the surgical steps in the resection of an advanced-stage interstitial ectopic pregnancy.
  • Design: Case report of an interstitial pregnancy that presented at 15-weeks gestational age.
  • Setting: Surgery was performed at a tertiary care hospital by an experienced minimally invasive gynecologic surgeon. Patient was positioned in dorsal lithotomy with arms tucked.
  • Patients or Participants: Single patient who presented for surgical management of her interstitial pregnancy.
  • Interventions: Laparoscopic cornual wedge resection.
  • Measurements and Main Results: A surgical video was edited and narrated to review the steps of the procedure.
  • Conclusion: Interstitial pregnancies can be safely managed with a minimally invasive surgical approach, even at advanced gestational ages, if care is taken to minimize blood loss and the surgery is performed by an experienced surgeon.
Authors

Kosmacki, A*, de Souza, K, Bardawil, E, Ross, W, Biest, S. Washington University of St. Louis, St. Louis, MO

Primary Category
Laparoscopy
Secondary Category
Reproductive Medicine
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