Olasunkanmi Abimbola Kolawole
Ectopic pregnancy in Bauchi State, Northern Nigeria; Incidence, Presentation and Management
Abstract
Ectopic Pregnancy (EP) is a life-threatening gynecological emergency with high morbidity and mortality in northern Nigeria. Maternal mortality refers to the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy (Mairiga, et al., 2009).
EP cases in northern Nigeria are of late presentations, tubal rupture with associated hemodynamic
