Successful pregnancy after thermal balloon endometrial ablation.
BACKGROUND
Thermal balloon ablation is as effective as other electrosurgical modalities used for endometrial ablation. Pregnancy rate after endometrial ablation is 0.24-0.68%. We report a near-term viable pregnancy after thermal balloon uterine ablation.


METHODS
Thermal balloon uterine endometrial ablation was performed on a 38-year-old woman with menorrhagia. She conceived 11 months after the operation and decided to continue the pregnancy. After 35 weeks of uneventful gestation, she spontaneously delivered a liveborn infant.


CONCLUSIONS
Although rare, pregnancy after endometrial ablation is possible. Obstetric complications, such as pathologic placental adherence and fetal demise due to a small, scarred uterine cavity, have been reported. This pregnancy went to 35 weeks without complication despite a three-chambered appearance of the uterus.
Kir
Mustafa
M
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Hanlon-Lundberg
Kathleen M
KM
D000328:Adult; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D002404:Catheterization; D004717:Endometrium; D005260:Female; D006358:Hot Temperature / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008595:Menorrhagia / Q000601:surgery*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome