[Abdominal pregnancy: study of a series of 11 cases]. / Grossesse abdominale: étude d'une série de onze cas.

OBJECTIVE: To report our experiment concerning abdominal pregnancy. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Retrospective study of 11 cases of abdominal pregnancies operated by laparotomy between August 1994 and July 1999. RESULTS: 36.3% of cases corresponded to a first pregnancy. Four pregnancies had attended beyond the term of viability. Two children were born alive. The ablation of the placenta was generally complete (10/11 cases) without major bleeding. CONCLUSION: Rare affection of difficult clinical diagnosis, the abdominal pregnancy presents a significant perinatal mortality.