Cirugía videoendoscópica y por laparotomía en el embarazo ectópico complicado

taking into account that 2% of the pregnancies are ectopic and can cause maternal death, a cross-sectional and descriptive study of the operated patients and discharged with diagnostic of complicated ectopic pregnancy was carried out in "saturnino lora torres" teaching provincial hospital of santiago de cuba during the biennium 2007-2008, in order to evaluate the characteristics of this complication according to the variables: age, main risk factors related to the operation, used method and use of the videoendoscopic surgery as more advantageous surgical procedure than the well-known laparotomy, among which highlighted: faster recovery, prompt integration to the work, more favorable clinical course and smaller percentage of posoperative complications.