Ruptured tubal pregnancy in Makurdi, North Central Nigeria

Ectopic pregnancy: A Nigerian urban experience

“…The condition of the contra-lateral tube has been reported to play a crucial role in subsequent fertility of patients with EP [31,32]. Most of the patients in our report had ampullary ectopic pregnancy (83.3%) which is consistent with studies from other centers [33][34][35]. The preponderance of ectopic pregnancies on the right Fallopian tube (51.4%) is similar to trends all over the world, with incidence of up to 66.2% and the left 33.8% of the cases [7,9,36].…”

An Audit of Ectopic Pregnancy in a Tertiary Care Hospital

“…Most of the patients had ampullary ectopic pregnancy (66.6%) which was consistent with studies from other centres. 10 The preponderance of ectopic pregnancies on the right (64.8%) was similar to the trend all over the world. 3,6 This right sided preponderance has been attributed to appendicitis.…”

A retrospective analysis of ectopic pregnancy at a tertiary care centre: one year study

“…countries, as the patient present late with massive hemoperitoneum, surgical management remains the mainstay of management. 18 The management option in our study was in line with recommendations of the National institute of clinical excellence that women with such presentation of ectopic pregnancy should have a salpingectomy. 19 In our case series, we had no maternal mortality, similar to Makurdi study.…”