A Strategic Approach to a Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy for an Advanced Cesarean Section Scar Ectopic Pregnancy with Cystotomy Repair.

Abstract

Study Objective Present an interesting case of an advanced cesarean scar ectopic pregnancy that failed medical management and underwent treatment with a total laparoscopic hysterectomy. Design Video Case Report. Setting Tertiary Referral Hospital at a community-based OB/GYN residency program. Patients or Participants 37-year-old G3P3013 at 9 weeks gestation with a cesarean scar ectopic pregnancy. Interventions This video will present an interesting case of a 37yo G5P3013 that presented with a 9-week cesarean scar ectopic pregnancy. Initial treatment was with injection of KCL into the fetal heart and methotrexate into the gestational sac at 10 weeks gestation. The patient presented 5 weeks after initial treatment with persistent pain and vaginal bleeding. The patient was the thoroughly counseled on her treatment options. She had no desire for future pregnancy and the plan was made for total laparoscopic hysterectomy with bilateral salpingectomy. This video presentation shows how as strategic anatomic approach using isolation of the blood supply and utilizing avascular spaces can allow this case to be completed in a minimally invasive fashion. This case will also present the steps to repairing an incidental cystotomy that was encountered in the dissection Measurements and Main Results N/A Conclusion Advanced cesarean scar ectopic pregnancy can be treated in a minimally invasive fashion with total laparoscopic hysterectomy when future fertility is not desired.