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Introduction of Intracapsular Rotary-cut Procedures (IRCP): A Modified Hysteromyomectomy Procedures Facilitating Fertility Preservation
Published on: January 17, 2019
[Living birth after partial hysterectomy for chemorefractory gestational choriocarcinoma]
F Couder1, F Golfier, F Vaudoyer
1Centre français de référence des maladies trophoblastiques, université Lyon-1, CHU Lyon-Sud, 165, chemin du Grand-Revoyet, 69495 Pierre-Bénite, France.
Abstract:
Chemotherapy is the reference treatment for gestational trophoblastic neoplasia. In case of chemoresistance, hysterectomy has to be considered even in women wishing to conceive. A 31-year-old nulliparous patient presented a recurrent invasive mole, despite two regimens of chemotherapy. She underwent a partial uterine resection of an intramyometrial choriocarcinoma followed by a third-line regimen. Two years later she gave birth by cesarean section at 32 weeks of amenorrhea to a healthy child after a spontaneous pregnancy. In order to preserve patient's fertility, conservative uterine surgery is an alternative to hysterectomy for selected chemoresistant gestational trophoblastic neoplasia.
