On the fate of late ectopic pregnancies

From the point of view of practical surgery, the most pressing issue here is the fate of the placenta in cases of late-gestational and postpartum ectopic pregnancies. While the removal of the fetus in such cases usually presents no particular difficulties, the surgeon in most cases of late ectopic pregnancy has to consider how to deal with the fetal sac, because removing the latter is often very risky and proves to be very difficult, and sometimes completely technically impossible, such as when the placenta is attached at the root of the mesentery, in the area of large vessels. From this point of view, the following 2 cases of late ectopic pregnancy, observed by us among the total number of 38 cases of ectopic pregnancy admitted to the department from 1920 to 1926, are of a certain interest.