Hi, ran across this post randomly, but I have to point out that as a medical student on my OB/gyn rotation I assisted in two seperate laproscopic surgeries in which we discovered an IUD that had found its way from the uterues, through a fallopian tube, and out into the abdominal cavity where it had implanted itself in the intestinal mesentery. It is indeed possible and happens with some frequency.
The fallopian tube is not completely sealed to the ovary in a normal person, it is just sort of draped over it. This also explains why some women can have abdominal pregnancies (a medical emergency) when the fertilized egg accidently gets out of the fallopian tube and implants somewhere in the abdomen.
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Hi, ran across this post randomly, but I have to point out that as a medical student on my OB/gyn rotation I assisted in two seperate laproscopic surgeries in which we discovered an IUD that had found its way from the uterues, through a fallopian tube, and out into the abdominal cavity where it had implanted itself in the intestinal mesentery. It is indeed possible and happens with some frequency.
The fallopian tube is not completely sealed to the ovary in a normal person, it is just sort of draped over it. This also explains why some women can have abdominal pregnancies (a medical emergency) when the fertilized egg accidently gets out of the fallopian tube and implants somewhere in the abdomen.
March 22, 2009 - 12:35pmThis Comment
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