Objectives: To determine the most frequent findings in patients with diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy subjected to laparoscopic surgery. Design: Descriptive, retrospective, transversal study. Setting: Gynecology and Obstetrics Emergency Service, Hospital Alberto Sabogal Sologuren. Participants: Patients with ectopic pregnancy diagnosis treated by laparoscopy. Interventions: Twenty-six patients with diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy and considered suitable (hemodynamic stability and no contraindications for general anesthesia) were treated with laparoscopic surgery. We obtained information on age, hemodynamic status, ectopic pregnancy location, tumor size, presence of free fluid, type of surgery, conversion to laparotomy. Main outcome measures: Ectopic pregnancy characteristics and laparoscopy results. Results: Main age was 31,1 years. Isthmic and ampullar pregancies presented in the same pro...

Objectives: To determine correlation of hysterosalpingography and laparoscopy findings in infertile women. Design: Descriptive, retrospective, transversal study. Setting: Instituto Nacional Materno Perinatal, Lima, Peru. Participants: Patients with infertility diagnosis who had both hysterosalpingography and laparoscopy. Interventions: We included 125 infertile patients attended from January 2005 through December 2006. Hysterosalpingographies were ambulatory and findings classified according to Mol et al as without obstruction, obstruction of one tube or bilateral obstruction. Laparoscopy and chromotubation with methylene blue were performed in the follicular phase, under general anesthesia. We considered adhesions, endometriosis, cysts and obstructions as abnormal findings. The laparoscopic intervention most frequently performed was adhesiolysis. We obtained both sensitivity and specifi...

Objectives: To determine the most frequent findings in patients with diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy subjected to laparoscopic surgery. Design: Descriptive, retrospective, transversal study. Setting: Gynecology and Obstetrics Emergency Service, Hospital Alberto Sabogal Sologuren. Participants: Patients with ectopic pregnancy diagnosis treated by laparoscopy. Interventions: Twenty-six patients with diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy and considered suitable (hemodynamic stability and no contraindications for general anesthesia) were treated with laparoscopic surgery. We obtained information on age, hemodynamic status, ectopic pregnancy location, tumor size, presence of free fluid, type of surgery, conversion to laparotomy. Main outcome measures: Ectopic pregnancy characteristics and laparoscopy results. Results: Main age was 31,1 years. Isthmic and ampullar pregancies presented in the same pro...

Objectives: To determine correlation of hysterosalpingography and laparoscopy findings in infertile women. Design: Descriptive, retrospective, transversal study. Setting: Instituto Nacional Materno Perinatal, Lima, Peru. Participants: Patients with infertility diagnosis who had both hysterosalpingography and laparoscopy. Interventions: We included 125 infertile patients attended from January 2005 through December 2006. Hysterosalpingographies were ambulatory and findings classified according to Mol et al as without obstruction, obstruction of one tube or bilateral obstruction. Laparoscopy and chromotubation with methylene blue were performed in the follicular phase, under general anesthesia. We considered adhesions, endometriosis, cysts and obstructions as abnormal findings. The laparoscopic intervention most frequently performed was adhesiolysis. We obtained both sensitivity and specifi...