Prognosis

With proper patient selection, expectant, medical, and surgical treatments are 82%, 90%, and 92% successful, respectively.[85][86][87]

The rate of recurrent ectopic pregnancy is 5% to 20%, but it rises to >30% in women with two consecutive ectopic pregnancies.[88][89]

The future fertility and tubal patency rates in laparoscopically treated women are similar to those in the medically managed group.[47][57][90][91] In women with a normal contralateral tube, salpingostomy does not appear to improve fertility prospects compared with salpingectomy.[71][82][92]

Neither methotrexate nor salpingectomy affect subsequent ovarian response and pregnancy with IVF in women treated for ectopic pregnancy resulting from IVF.[93][94][95]

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