Caesarean scar pregnancy in the UK: a national cohort study.
Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the incidence of caesarean scar pregnancy (CSP) and to describe the management outcomes associated with this condition DESIGN: A national cohort study using the UK Early Pregnancy Surveillance Service (UKEPSS). SETTING: 86 participating Early Pregnancy Units. POPULATION: All women diagnosed in the participating units with CSP between November 2013 and January 2015. METHODS: COHORT STUDY OF WOMEN IDENTIFIED THROUGH THE UKEPSS MONTHLY MAILING SYSTEM: MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Incidence, clinical outcomes and complications. RESULTS: 102 cases of CSP were reported, with an estimated incidence of 1.5 per 10,000 (95% CI 1.1 - 1.9) maternities. Full outcome data were available for 92 women. Management was expectant in 21/92 (23%), medical in 15/92 (16%), and surgical in 56/92 (61%). The success rates of expectant, medical, and surgical management were 43% (9/21), 46% (7/15) and 96% (54/56) respectively. The complication rates were 15/21 (71%) with expectant, 9/15 (60%) with medical and 20/56 (36%) with surgical management. Discharge from care (median number of days) was 82 (range 37-174) with expectant, 21 (range 10-31) with medical, and 11 (range 4-49) with surgical management. CONCLUSIONS: Surgical management appears to be associated with a high success rate, low complication rate and short post-treatment follow up. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
Date Issued
2018-12
Date Acceptance
2018-04-01
Citation
BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 2018, 125 (13), pp.1663-1670
ISSN
1470-0328
Publisher
Wiley
Start Page
1663
End Page
1670
Journal / Book Title
BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Volume
125
Issue
13
Copyright Statement
© 1999-2019 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved. This is the accepted version of the following article: Harb, HM, Knight, M, Bottomley, C, Overton, C, Tobias, A, Gallos, ID, Shehmar, M, Farquharson, R, Horne, A, Latthe, P, Edi‐Osagie, E, MacLean, M, Marston, E, Zamora, J, Dawood, F, Small, R, Ross, J, Bourne, T, Coomarasamy, A, Jurkovic, D. Caesarean scar pregnancy in the UK: a national cohort study. BJOG 2018; 125: 1663– 1670., which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.15255
Identifier
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29697890
Subjects
Caesarean, Ectopic, ‘Caesarean Scar Pregnancy’, ‘Placenta accreta’
cohort study
Publication Status
Published
Coverage Spatial
England
Date Publish Online
2018-04-26