title: Sonographic findings in two cases of complicated pregnancy in women previously treated with endometrial ablation.
abstract: When medical therapy fails for menorrhagia in a premenopausal woman, minimally invasive endometrial ablation can be used as a conservative management alternative to hysterectomy. Endometrial ablation alone is not considered effective contraception, and women of reproductive age can become pregnant after ablative therapy. We now present two cases of pregnancy after endometrial ablation and associated imaging where both cases required cesarean hysterectomy due to post-partum hemorrhage. Pregnancy after endometrial ablation incurs increased morbidity and diagnostic dilemmas.
authors.affiliation: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Parkland Health and Hospital System, Dallas, TX.
authors.forename: Roxane
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Holt
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Santiago-Muñoz
authors.forename: David B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Nelson
authors.forename: Diane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Twickler
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D002585:Cesarean Section; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D055356:Endometrial Ablation Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D019160:Endosonography / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008595:Menorrhagia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D011247:Pregnancy; D011250:Pregnancy Complications, Hematologic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color / Q000379:methods*; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal / Q000379:methods*; D014621:Vagina