ECTOPIC PREGNANCY

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In the course of a general surgical practice of thirty years I have operated in 103 cases of ectopic pregnancy,1not including a few cases of hematosalpinx of uncertain origin. The operations were done in various Milwaukee hospitals, in smaller outlying hospitals and, a few of the earlier ones, in cases in which it was deemed inadvisable or unsafe to transport the patient, in private homes in the country. All the patients were white women and all were private patients; that is, none came from clinics or outpatient departments. The predominant age was from 25 to 35 years; the oldest patient was 43. Four cases were twin pregnancies; all unilateral. There was no case of concurrent intra-uterine and extra-uterine pregnancy. Two were abdominal pregnancies of from six to seven months. Ovarian pregnancy, interstitial pregnancy, and lithopedion formation were not encountered in the series. In no case was there a

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