Objectives: To describe the epidemiological, clinical and surgical features of ectopic pregnancy. Design: Descriptive, retrospective study. Setting: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hospital Nacional Arzobispo Loayza, Lima, Peru. Participants: Patients with ectopic pregnancy. Interventions: Medical records of 348 patients with final diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy during 2006- 2010 were reviewed. Main outcome measures: Characteristics of women with ectopic pregnancy. Results: There was a frequency of one ectopic pregnancy for every 49 births. Mean age was 29.2 ± 6.5 years; unmarried patients accounted for 28.5%; 65.6% had more than one sexual partner and 25.9% were nulliparous; 25.9% presented a history of either uterine curettage or manual vacuum aspiration; 54.3% had sex during menstrual periods, 22.1% suffered of pelvic inflammatory disease and 33.8% used intrauterine device f...

Objectives: To describe the epidemiological, clinical and surgical features of ectopic pregnancy. Design: Descriptive, retrospective study. Setting: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hospital Nacional Arzobispo Loayza, Lima, Peru. Participants: Patients with ectopic pregnancy. Interventions: Medical records of 348 patients with final diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy during 2006- 2010 were reviewed. Main outcome measures: Characteristics of women with ectopic pregnancy. Results: There was a frequency of one ectopic pregnancy for every 49 births. Mean age was 29.2 ± 6.5 years; unmarried patients accounted for 28.5%; 65.6% had more than one sexual partner and 25.9% were nulliparous; 25.9% presented a history of either uterine curettage or manual vacuum aspiration; 54.3% had sex during menstrual periods, 22.1% suffered of pelvic inflammatory disease and 33.8% used intrauterine device f...