| Previously, salpingectomy by laparotomy was the gold standard for the treatment of ectopic pregnancy. |
| Results: Thirty-nine patients were treated by salpingostomy and 23 by salpingectomy. |
| Not uncommonly, bleeding has stopped by the time laparoscopy is performed and salpingectomy can be avoided. |
| Before the advent of laparoscopy, laparotomy with salpingectomy was the standard therapy for managing ectopic pregnancy. |
| In general, a salpingectomy is required and this can be immediately performed with bipolar coagulation. |
| One year later she had a tubal pregnancy and needed salpingectomy. |
