Andreoli M, Servakov M, Meyers P, Mann WJ. Laparoscopic surgery during pregnancy.
THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF GYNECOLOGIC LAPAROSCOPISTS 1999;
6:229-33. [PMID:
10226140 DOI:
10.1016/s1074-3804(99)80110-8]
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Abstract
STUDY OBJECTIVE
To describe the benefits, complications, and safety of laparoscopic surgery during pregnancy.
DESIGN
Retrospective case series (Canadian Task Force classification II-2).
SETTING
Community academic medical center.
PATIENTS
Nineteen pregnant women.
INTERVENTIONS
Five (26.3%) appendectomies, seven (36.8%) ovarian cystectomies, five (26.3%) cholecystectomies, one diagnostic laparoscopy (5.3%), and one (5.3%) salpingectomy. In one woman, laparoscopy was converted to exploratory laparotomy to complete a difficult ovarian cystectomy, and a second patient required a minilaparotomy incision to remove the specimen.
MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS
No preterm labor or adverse perinatal outcome occurred, although one woman had irregular uterine contractions that promptly resolved with tocolytics. One patient delivered at 35 weeks' gestation and the rest carried their pregnancy to term, and all delivered normal infants. No malignancy was found on histopathologic examination of specimens. Hospital stay ranged from 1 to 4 days.
CONCLUSION
Laparoscopic surgery can be performed safely in pregnant women. This series adds 19 cases to the approximately 141 reported in the literature. (J Am Assoc Gynecol Laparosc 6(2):229-233, 1999)
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