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Successful Non-surgical Management of Cesarean Scar Pregnancy
Ectopic pregnancy in the scar of a previous cesarean section contributes to significant maternal morbidity in the first trimester due to a significantly higher risk of uterine rupture if left undetected. The routine scans done in the first trimester serve as an important screening tool in the detect...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10590534/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37872899 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.45763 |
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author | Joshi, Arushi Pillai, Sheila K Vishwanath, Usha |
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description | Ectopic pregnancy in the scar of a previous cesarean section contributes to significant maternal morbidity in the first trimester due to a significantly higher risk of uterine rupture if left undetected. The routine scans done in the first trimester serve as an important screening tool in the detection of such an ectopic pregnancy. Early detection can aid in making a paradigm shift from a surgical to a more conservative approach for the management of such pregnancies. Here, we report a case of a cesarean scar pregnancy diagnosed in the sixth week of gestation which was managed non-surgically with methotrexate and intracardiac potassium chloride injection. |
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spelling | pubmed-105905342023-10-23 Successful Non-surgical Management of Cesarean Scar Pregnancy Joshi, Arushi Pillai, Sheila K Vishwanath, Usha Cureus Family/General Practice Ectopic pregnancy in the scar of a previous cesarean section contributes to significant maternal morbidity in the first trimester due to a significantly higher risk of uterine rupture if left undetected. The routine scans done in the first trimester serve as an important screening tool in the detection of such an ectopic pregnancy. Early detection can aid in making a paradigm shift from a surgical to a more conservative approach for the management of such pregnancies. Here, we report a case of a cesarean scar pregnancy diagnosed in the sixth week of gestation which was managed non-surgically with methotrexate and intracardiac potassium chloride injection. Cureus 2023-09-22 /pmc/articles/PMC10590534/ /pubmed/37872899 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.45763 Text en Copyright © 2023, Joshi et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Family/General Practice Joshi, Arushi Pillai, Sheila K Vishwanath, Usha Successful Non-surgical Management of Cesarean Scar Pregnancy |
title | Successful Non-surgical Management of Cesarean Scar Pregnancy |
title_full | Successful Non-surgical Management of Cesarean Scar Pregnancy |
title_fullStr | Successful Non-surgical Management of Cesarean Scar Pregnancy |
title_full_unstemmed | Successful Non-surgical Management of Cesarean Scar Pregnancy |
title_short | Successful Non-surgical Management of Cesarean Scar Pregnancy |
title_sort | successful non-surgical management of cesarean scar pregnancy |
topic | Family/General Practice |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10590534/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37872899 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.45763 |
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