Other instruments can be inserted into the tube or through other small incisions to remove the ectopic tissue and repair the fallopian tube.
The birth follows a traumatic failed pregnancy in December 2001 when Sophie was airlifted to hospital after suffering a potentially life-threatening ectopic pregnancy.
If the ectopic pregnancy is causing heavy bleeding or the fallopian tube has ruptured, you might need emergency surgery through an abdominal incision (laparotomy).
If the ectopic pregnancy is detected early, an injection of the drug methotrexate is sometimes used to stop cell growth and dissolve existing cells.
Mr Coburn, who was also operating on the woman to treat an ectopic pregnancy, denies any wrongdoing and has the support of a Medicaid official.
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Jacqui Clinton, of the baby charity Tommy's, said women who lost a child due to an ectopic pregnancy often struggled to cope without seeking help.
Neither did it refer to research linking induced abortion to breast cancer later in life, or to other associated dangers such as chlamydia, ectopic pregnancy and infertility.
To prevent life-threatening complications, the ectopic tissue must be removed.
In other cases, ectopic pregnancy is treated with laparoscopic surgery.
The judge found the main blame for Kalisha's death lay with the doctor, after he failed to diagnose the pregnancy as ectopic, where the foetus develops outside the womb.
The first organ that the system has been used to emulate is the uterus, because keyhole surgery is widely employed to deal with ectopic pregnancies (those where the fetus develops in the fallopian tubes leading into the womb, rather than in the womb itself).
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