Talk:Interstitial pregnancy

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A fact from Interstitial pregnancy appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 7 February 2010 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that interstitial pregnancies cause a seven times higher mortality than ectopic pregnancies in general?

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Too much jargon

Latest comment: 14 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion

Examples:

"namely that portion of the tube that transverses..."
"located in a horn of..."
"The interstitial part of the Fallopian tube represents its most proximal segment, and is described as tortuous with a length of... "
"Medially is the os (ostium) of the tube connecting it to the endometrial cavity and laterally the tube continues in its isthmic segment."
"The area is well supplied by a vascular arch..."
"Interstitial pregnancies maybe confused with angular pregnancies that are located in the endometrial corner close to the uterotubal junction..."

This sounds like terminology from a medical text as is not written for the general reader or lay person. Regards, —mattisse (Talk) 16:58, 4 February 2010 (UTC)Reply

I tried to remediate without sacrificing precision.Ekem (talk) 19:12, 4 February 2010 (UTC)Reply

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