The tensile strength of uterosacral ligament sutures: a comparison of vaginal and laparoscopic techniques.

Objective: To compare the tensile strength of two approaches for uterosacral ligament suturing using a cadaver model.

Methods: In 12 unembalmed cadavers, four polytetrafluoroethylene sutures were placed through the uterosacral ligaments. In each cadaver, two sutures were placed laparoscopically, and two more were placed vaginally.

Laparoscopic treatment of cornual heterotopic pregnancy.

A woman with spontaneous heterotopic pregnancy at approximately 7 weeks' gestation, diagnosed by ultrasound, was treated by laparoscopic cornuostomy. Intrauterine pregnancy continued to develop uneventfully. Two days after laparoscopic surgery, the patient decided to terminate the intrauterine pregnancy.