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Virtual Poster Details

Name
09744 - Hysteroscopic Management of Caesarean Scar Pregnancy
Presenting Author
VIdya Bhat
Affiliation
Radhakrishna Multispecialty hospital and IVF Centre
Abstract
Study Objective: Caesarean scar pregnancy (CSP) is a rare type of ectopic pregnancy, which is defined as the embryo implanting in a previous lower segment caesarean section. With the incidence of CSP rising, the reports of serious adverse outcomes have increased gradually. Our objective is to present our experience with hysteroscopic removal of CSP.

Design: Observational Study.

Setting: A tertiary care hospital in India.

Patients or Participants: As per diagnostic criteria, the patient had a gestational sac with or without fetal pole in the anterior part of the uterine isthmus; an empty uterine cavity without contacts with the sac; a clearly visible empty cervical canal; and absence of, or a defect in, the myometrial tissue between the bladder and the sac. The myometrial thickness was 3 to 5 mm. A total of 18 patients were enrolled.

Interventions: Resection of CSP was done under general anaesthesia, using a resectoscope with monopolar current.

Measurements and Main Results: Out of 18 CSP cases 8 had been operated by using hysteroscope. All 8 cases of ectopic gestations were removed entirely by resectoscope. Out of those 8 patients, 1 had bleeding post operatively, controlled by inserting foley’s bulb inflated with 30 ml of water. Rest of the cases were managed by laparoscopy.

Conclusion: Operative hysteroscopy might be recommended as a first-line treatment modality for patients with a CSP, especially when myometrial thickness between bladder and gestational sac is 3 to 5 mm. If every CSP patient is treated with laparoscopy, it could increase the morbidity. This raises the issue of when to choose hysteroscopic surgery only and when to add laparoscopy.

Authors

Bhat, VV*. Hystero-laparoscopic surgery unit, Radhakrishna Multispecialty hospital and IVF Centre, Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Debnath, S. Fellow in Department of Hystero-laparoscopy Unit, Radhakrishna Multispecialty hospital and IVF Centre, BENGALURU, Karnataka, India

Primary Category
Hysteroscopy
Secondary Category
Other
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