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Acute Hemorrhage Related to a Residual Cervical Pregnancy: Management with Curettage, Tamponade, and Cerclage
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Acute Hemorrhage Related to a Residual Cervical Pregnancy: Management with Curettage, Tamponade, and Cerclage

Nigel Pereira, Irene Grias, Sarah E. Foster and Carl R. Della Badia
Journal of minimally invasive gynecology, v 20(6), pp 907-911
Nov 2013
PMID: 23876387

Abstract

Balloon tamponade Cerclage Cervical pregnancy Curettage Hemorrhage
Cervical ectopic pregnancy is uncommon, with no universally accepted protocol for conservative management of acute hemorrhage due to residual cervical ectopic pregnancy. Herein is presented the case of a 33-year-old woman with profuse vaginal bleeding 3 months after receiving treatment including intraamniotic potassium chloride injection, systemic methotrexate, and uterine artery embolization because of a cervical ectopic pregnancy. A residual cervical pregnancy was suspected. Hemorrhage was controlled using curettage, tamponade with a Bakri balloon, and cerclage. The balloon and cerclage were removed on postoperative day 2, with no recurrence of symptoms. Our experience suggests that a combination of curettage, balloon tamponade, and cerclage may be considered in the management of cervical ectopic pregnancies with acute hemorrhage, in particular in patients desiring future childbearing.

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