title: Successful pregnancy outcome following Tompkins metroplasty done early in pregnancy.
abstract: A hysterosalpingogram revealed a septate uterus in a 29 year old nulliparous woman with a history of recurrent pregnancy loss. The patient underwent Tompkins metroplasty in the proliferative phase of the menstrual cycle. One month after the operation she presented with a delay in her menses and a positive pregnancy test. Ultrasound revealed a viable fetus commensurate with 10 weeks gestation, making the gestation period 5 weeks at the time of surgery. After reviewing the patient's menstrual history it was found that the period the patient had before surgery was on time but with unusually minimal bleeding. A repeat ultrasound scan for anomaly done 7 weeks later was commensurate with 17 weeks gestation. The patient carried her pregnancy for the first time until approximately 37 weeks when she delivered by Caesarean section a healthy female baby weighing 3700 g.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Lebanon.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abu-Musa
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chahine
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Aridi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Karam
mesh_terms: D000026:Abortion, Habitual / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D013509:Gynecologic Surgical Procedures; D006801:Humans; D007047:Hysterosalpingography; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal; D014599:Uterus / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*