Rare case of abdominal pregnancy operated at PGIMS

Ravinder Saini

Tribune News Service

Rohtak, September 20

A team of doctors at the obstetrics and gynaecology department at PGIMS has given a new lease of life to a 31-year-old woman by operating on her abdominal pregnancy of almost 37 weeks after the MRI examination found her baby dead in the abdomen.

The doctors claim that it is a type of ectopic pregnancy and merely one case is found in 10,000 expectant women. There is always a serious threat to woman’s life and a strong possibility of damage to other organs in such cases but the operation was a successful one.

“The woman is resident of Sonepat and had come to PGIMS four days ago after she experienced no movement of her unborn baby. The patients had regular ante-natal check-ups and ultrasound tests, which reported it a case of intrauterine pregnancy, but we found it a case of abdominal pregnancy,” said Dr Pushpa Dahiya, unit head of the department, who operated on the patient.

Dr Pushpa said the baby was found glued with the intestines and uterus of the woman. The baby had no heart beat and hence the operation was performed immediately. The patient’s condition was well and had no postoperative complaints yet, she added.