Recurrent ectopic pregnancy as a unique clinical sub group: a case control study

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Table 3 Operative findings

	Recurrent ectopic	Primary ectopic
	% (n)	% (n)	p value	Mean difference or odds ratio	95 % CI
Presence of haemoperitoneum^a	89.9 (80/89)	89.8 (654/728)	1	1.006	0.4847–2.087
Volume of haemoperitoneum (mls)^b	249 (391)	592 (850)	<0.0001	360.6	249.7–471.4
Presence of hepatic adhesions^a	13.5 (12/89)	7.6 (53/695)	0.0666	1.888	0.9661–3.689
Contralateral pathology^a	31.1 (28/90)	9.8 (74/755)	<0.0001	4.156	2.504–6.899
Laparotomy^a	1.1 (1/90)	4.5 (34/756)	0.1642	0.2386	0.03225–1.765
Tubal ectopic^a	97.8 (89/91)	93.3 (705/756)	0.1082	3.219	0.7702–13.46
Salpingectomy^a	57.1 (52/91)	83.3 (625/750)	<0.0001	0.2667	0.1688–0.4214
Salpingotomy^a	37.4 (34/91)	10.9 (82/750)	<0.0001	4.859	2.998–7.875

The intra operative findings of women presenting with primary EP compared with recurrent EP
^aData shown as % and analysed by Fisher’s exact test with odds ratio (OR) and 95 % confidence interval
^bData shown as mean (SD) and analysed by Student’s t test, with mean difference and 95 % confidence interval