Reproductive outcomes after previous cesarean scar pregnancy: Follow up of 189 women

Objective: To investigate the reproductive and pregnancy outcomes of women after previous Cesarean Scar Pregnancy. Materials and methods: From January 2009 to December 2013, a total of 214 patients with CSP received surgical evacuation treatment by means of dilation and suction evacuation and local resection of the ectopic gestational mass. A telephone follow-up was conducted every year after CSP treatment. The follow-up was ended on December 2014. Results: Twenty-five patients were lost to follow-up due to loss of contacts. The previous medical records of the remaining 189 women were reviewed. Fifty-eight women wished to give birth again. However, 48 (82.8%, 48/58) of them stopped the attempts to get pregnant because they were afraid of recurrent CSP and the high risk of uterine rupture during the subsequent pregnancy. The other 10 women spontaneously attempted to get pregnant again, among whom 6 (60%, 6/10) succeeded with the birth of 7 healthy babies. A total of 32 women conceived again, either in plan or by chance. Five women (15.6%, 5/32) experiencing recurrent CSP. Conclusion: Even though our result did not necessarily represent the true recurrence rate, our study provided some evidence about the likelihood of fertility and recurrence risk for future pregnancies after previous CSP. Copyright (C) 2015, Taiwan Association of Obstetrics & Gynecology. Published by Elsevier Taiwan LLC. All rights reserved.