Single-port laparoscopic cornual resection for a spontaneous cornual ectopic pregnancy following ipsilateral salpingectomy

Abstract

Objective: To describe the single-port laparoscopic management of a spontaneous cornual ectopic pregnancy following ipsilateral salpingectomy.

Design: Case report and technique description.

Setting: University hospital.

Patient(s): A 28-year-old woman with a spontaneous cornual pregnancy of 5 weeks' gestation following previous ipsilateral salpingectomy.

Intervention(s): Single-port laparoscopic cornual resection (surgeon, Y.-W.K.).

Main outcome measure(s): Serum β-hCG levels.

Result(s): Complete resolution of cornual pregnancy.

Conclusion(s): We performed a successful single-port laparoscopic cornual resection for a spontaneous cornual ectopic pregnancy following ipsilateral salpingectomy.