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