A Successful Pregnancy Following Total Hysterectomy

Abstract

Summary Abdominal pregnancy followed total hysterectomy performed three days after coitus. A healthy infant was born by laparotomy after 36 weeks of gestation.

A systematic review of ectopic pregnancy after hysterectomy

“…Early diagnosis using β‐hCG testing allowed for sufficient time and consideration for treatment with methotrexate. This is in contrast with other case reports, in which the patients considered pregnancy as a diagnosis but failed to mention this out of fear of being ridiculed or they discounted the diagnosis as impossible. These instances highlight that patient awareness of the possibility of an ectopic pregnancy after hysterectomy could lead to an earlier diagnosis and appropriate management.…”

Maternal Plasma and Urinary Hormone Levels During and After a Successful Abdominal Pregnancy

“…The pregnancy occurred in a 29-year-old woman after a total hysterectomy. The detailed case history is described in the preceding article (Jackson et al, 1980). Blood was collected from an antecubital arm vein into a heparin tube at weekly intervals from 27 weeks gestation until the end of pregnancy and at frequent intervals during the first eight weeks post partum.…”

“…We here report a successful abdominal pregnancy in which we measured plasma concentrations of human placental lactogen (hPL), progesterone, unconjugated oestradiol, unconjugated oestriol, and total oestriol and urinary excretion levels of oestriol, pregnanediol and hCG from 27 weeks gestation until eight weeks after delivery of the infant which survived (Jackson et al, 1980).…”

Tubal ectopic pregnancy two years after laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy

“…Regarding the type of surgery, removal of the ectopic pregnancy with bilateral salpingectomy is indicated. There have been reports of pregnancies to term, though this is truly life-threatening for the patient [16]. …”