DEFINITION, PREVELANCE, ETIOLOGY & RISK FACTORS
DEFINITION
Ectopic pregnancy: pregnancy occurring outside the uterine cavity
- 97% occur in the fallopian tubes
- 3% extra-fallopian
PREVELANCE
- 12,000 cases per year
- 11 per 1000 pregnancies
ETIOLOGY
- Tubal damage
RISK FACTORS
- Age >35
- Smoking
- Tubal damage
- No risk factors in 1/3 cases