[Criteria of selection of patients for organ-sparing operations in tubal pregnancy].

Rabbit experiments indicated that resection of a half of the oviduct anastomosed failed to impair its function and reproduction of viable progeny. With greatly varying diameters of sutured pieces, the valuable anastomosis was made by additional cuts of the narrow end of the oviduct. Analysis of 332 case histories and morphological studies of 10 control and 70 pregnant tubes suggested criteria for selection of patients, for organ-preserving surgeries. The latter could be performed nearly in 50% of females with tubal pregnancy in the form of stomatoplasty or anastomosis. The results of the study were tested in 8 females in the clinical setting who all exhibited a full recovery of tubal patency.