Laparoscopic repair combined with hysteroscopy of cesarean section scar after cesarean scar pregnancy resulting in a live birth: A case report.

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This case report describes a 31-year-old woman with cesarean scar syndrome (CSDi) secondary to cesarean scar pregnancy (CSP) who had persistent abnormal imaging and chronic pelvic pain with secondary infertility after methotrexate failed to resolve the gestational sac and dilation and curettage was performed hysteroscopically. Using laparoscopic repair combined with hysteroscopy (including suprapubic access to excise and wedge-debride the uterine thinning into a two-layer myometrial closure), the authors report increased residual myometrial thickness from 6 mm preoperatively to 13 mm at 6 months, followed by spontaneous conception at 8 months without re-thinning during the pregnancy and a successful elective cesarean delivery at term. The paper’s major limitation is that it is a single patient experience with no established evidence that scar repair prevents recurrent CSP. This paper does not explicitly discuss endometriosis or adenomyosis; it was included in the corpus via a keyword match in the upstream search index.

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We report a case where a spontaneous pregnancy and delivery of a live baby were achieved after laparoscopic repair combined with hysteroscopy of the cesarean section scar secondary to treatment for a prior cesarian section scar pregnancy. [Case] 31 years old, three pregnancies, and one delivery. A spontaneous abortion. Her first child was delivered by elective cesarean section due to pelvic position (breech presentation). During her second pregnancy, she was diagnosed with cesarean section scar pregnancy and underwent dilation and curettage. Subsequently, a laparoscopic repair of the uterine scar was performed using hysteroscopy owing to thinning of the cesarean section scar area. At six months postoperative, she conceived spontaneously and delivered a live baby by elective cesarean section at 38 weeks 2 days gestation. Conclusion: Thus, laparoscopic repair combined with hysteroscopy of the uterine scar can be a useful treatment option for patients with uterine scarring secondary to cesarean section scar pregnancy.
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A laparoscopic repair combined with hysteroscopy for CSDi secondary to CSP may be a viable option. Additionally, the use of a hysteroscope and the addition of a small laparotomy near the scar site can improve the precision of the surgical operation. Conflict of Interest: The authors have no conflict of interest to disclose in relation to this paper.

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