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  • Title: Severe complication after termination of a second trimester cervical pregnancy.
    Author: Hanstede MM, van't Hof DB, van Groningen K, de Graaf IM.
    Journal: Fertil Steril; 2008 Nov; 90(5):2009.e5-7. PubMed ID: 18452917.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: To report a supracervical hysterectomy performed after a life-threatening hemorrhage due to an attempted surgical termination at a gestational age of 18 weeks, which appeared to be a cervical pregnancy. DESIGN: Case report. SETTING: Teaching hospital. PATIENT(S): A 36-year-old pregnant woman, with two previous cesarean sections. INTERVENTION(S): Supracervical hysterectomy. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Not applicable. RESULT(S): A stable patient. CONCLUSION(S): By missing a cervical pregnancy in the second trimester, a life-threatening hemorrhage occurred after an attempted surgical termination. In case of failure of the conservative therapy this rare diagnosis should be considered. A supracervical hysterectomy at this gestational age is the only therapeutic option.
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