Abstract

ENRIQUEZ DOMINGUEZ, Bárbara; FUENTES GONZALEZ, Leonardo; GUTIERREZ GONZALEZ, Nayma  and  LEON BARZAGA, Miriam. Clinic and new diagnostic technologies in the ectopic pregnancy. Rev Cubana Obstet Ginecol [online]. 2003, vol.29, n.3, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-3062.

An updated bibliographic review of ectopic pregnancy was made. It is an important topic and its current trend towards the increase of its incidence in Cuba and in the world is attributed to the higher frequency of the etiopathogenic factors related to this disease. The clinical forms of presentation, the traditional diagnostic methods, and the new present techniques are described.

Keywords : PREGNANCY ECTOPIC [diagnosis]; PREGNANCY ECTOPIC [epidemiology]; LAPAROSCOPY; RISK FACTORS; LAPAROTOMY.