Successful intrauterine pregnancy after endometrial ablation.
The frequency of pregnancy after endometrial ablation is reported in the literature to be 0.7%, with a variety of complications and adverse outcomes for the fetus. A 30-year-old woman underwent rollerball endometrial ablation for menometrorrhagia. Her menses returned to normal and she conceived 16 months later. The pregnancy was uncomplicated apart from diet-controlled gestational diabetes and cesarean delivery for a transverse lie. To our knowledge, this is the first literature report of a viable pregnancy after rollerball ablation.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Grace General Hospital, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada.
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Pugh
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Crane
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Hogan
D000328:Adult; D004564:Electrocoagulation / Q000379:methods; D004717:Endometrium / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008595:Menorrhagia / Q000601:surgery*; D008796:Metrorrhagia / Q000601:surgery; D011247:Pregnancy