The management of an early-missed abortion after radical trachelectomy--a case report and a review of the literature

Int J Gynecol Cancer. 2006 Jul-Aug;16(4):1688-90. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1438.2006.00645.x.

Abstract

Radical trachelectomy (RT) has been reported for almost 20 years. This case report describes and addresses the issue of the clinical management of early-missed abortion in a patient after RT with a cerclage.

Case: A 35-year-old woman who had a RT 2 years ago due to cervical carcinoma stage IB1 presented with a missed abortion of an 8-week gestational age. At the end of the RT, a cerclage suture was inserted in the remaining internal oss of the cervix. The patient went through a cervical dilatation followed by suction curettage guided by ultrasonography without compromising the cerclage. This case report suggests that dilatation and suction curettage without compromising the cervical cerclage is a feasible option in the clinical management of early abortion in a patient after RT.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abortion, Missed / etiology
  • Abortion, Missed / prevention & control*
  • Adult
  • Cerclage, Cervical
  • Female
  • Gynecologic Surgical Procedures*
  • Humans
  • Postoperative Complications / prevention & control*
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic*
  • Pregnancy Outcome
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / radiotherapy
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / surgery*