Abdominal pregnancy at Charity Hospital in New Orleans

Faecal fistula due to long-standing extra-uterine pregnancy

“…That this is not a more common occurrence must be due to the fact that surgical interference usually takes place before this stage is reached. Douglass and Kohn (1947) and Beacham, Hernquist, Beacham, and Webster (1962) found that advanced abdominal pregnancy was more common in Negroes than in whites by sixteenand twenty timesrespectively. As early surgery is not always available to these patients extra-uterine pregnancy should be kept in mind as an occasional cause of enterocutaneous fistula.…”

Advanced abdominal pregnancy with a healthy newborn: a rare case report

“…[7][8][9][10] There are few reported cases of abdominal pregnancy developing to term with delivery of a live fetus through an abdominal incision. 11 There is a significant risk of maternal intra-peritoneal hemorrhage with fatal consequences.…”

“…The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India reports of fetal malformation is as high as 40% associated with only 50% babies upto one week postdelivery. 7,8 Advanced abdominal pregnancy with a healthy viable fetus is therefore an extremely rare condition. We present a case of abdominal pregnancy with a live Low birth weight (LBW) fetus without any congenital malformation.…”

Mr Mom: can we deliver?

“…7 Perinatal mortality has been reported at 85-95%; the maternal mortality rate is about 6%. 8,9 Only one-quarter of all extrauterine pregnancies that make it to the mid-trimester will be viable, and only half of those survive past 1 week postpartum. 10 In other words, a male pregnancy is not one that is expected to run smoothly.…”