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Dr. Marchand’s Advanced Surgery Saves Baby and Mom with Rare Pregnancy Complication

June 5, 2018Laproscopy, OBGYNBy Maria Sainz

Dr. Greg J. Marchand MD performed an advanced minimally invasive surgery on a pregnant Phoenix area woman, who later went on to deliver a healthy baby seven months later.

The woman suffered from a very rare condition called a “Heterotopic Pregnancy.”

A heterotopic pregnancy is a rare pregnancy complication when two simultaneous pregnancies are in separate implantation sites, occurring both inside and outside the uterus.

The life saving procedure was called a “Laparoscopic Salpingectomy,” which means to remove a fallopian tube from the abdomen through small holes.  Although this technique is commonly performed in the US, it is very rare to perform the technique on a patient with a pregnancy also in the uterus.

Dr. Marchand was able to perform the surgery through two very tiny “keyhole” size incisions.  Although minimally invasive surgery to treat extra-uterine pregnancies is not unusual, this case was extremely rare as it was necessary to avoid harming the pregnancy inside the uterus while removing the pregnancy in the fallopian tube.  If the emergency surgery was not performed, the pregnancy in the fallopian tube would rupture causing internal bleeding.  This could be fatal for mom.  Untreated extra-uterine, (or ectopic) pregnancies are the number one cause of maternal death in pregnancy in the United States.

“It’s an extremely delicate technique.” Said Dr. Marchand, describing the surgery.  “You have to be very care not to use certain electrical energies or manipulators that could harm the pregnancy inside the uterus.  You also have to be very careful with the pregnant uterus.  You can’t move it around or push on it too much, or you could cause a miscarriage.  You also have to be careful about how you remove the fallopian tube from the uterus.  If you use too little electrical energy you could run into heavy bleeding, and if you use too much, or the wrong type, you could overheat or even burn the uterus and it’s precious cargo!”

Heterotopic pregnancies are extremely rare – occurring only a few times every million pregnancies in the US.  When they do occur, they threatened both the lives of the mother and the baby in the uterus.  In this case, however, mom went on to deliver a beautiful baby 31 weeks after the surgery!

For the full local coverage of this story please see the original story at: https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/valley/baby-mom-survive-rare-pregnancy-complication/75-561479752

For more information regarding Dr. Marchand’s surgical techniques, practice, research please visit www.GregMarchandMD.com

For interviews or media inquiries please contact:

Maria Diomedes Sainz

maria@gregmarchandmd.com

(480)999-0905 ext. 0

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What patients say
  • 14517468_1646198135690553_6990924301147850409_n“I delivered both my beautiful babies with Dr. Marchand and I wouldn’t have it any other way! Every doctor visit up until I was in labor was great, he took all the time to answer all my questions. I didn’t feel rushed in and rushed out of the office. The office was always very clean! The staff were always very friendly. When I was in labor he made sure my birth plan was the most important thing! He always had my best interest in hand! My first delivery I was induced and it took 3 long days and Marchand kept checking on me all hours of the night!! If I did it all over again I’d definitely use Marchand as my OB again!”

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    Megan E. of Gilbert, AZ
  • “Growing up I have had my fair share of woman health issue from Endometriosis, PCOS, Severe Pelvic Pain, Loss of Pregnancy and Infertility and more pelvic surgeries than I can count. I have seen many different doctors till about 6-7 years ago when I needed emergency surgery and met Dr. Marchand and now I refuse to go to any one else. With the many issues I have had both Dr. Marchand as well as his whole office staff have been so helpful I couldn’t be more grateful. It’s very hard to find an honest, trustworthy doctor these days but rest assured you can’t go wrong with Dr. Greg Marchand. They are open late and almost always can fit you into the schedule for emergencies and you can always reach him no matter what time it is if you have questions. Dr. Marchand is an amazing surgeon and loves what he does. He has delivered many friends and family’s children and hope that one day he will be able to deliver mine as well.”

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