Laparoscopic transfundal approach to cervical dilation: a novel treatment for cervical stenosis and cervical factor infertility.

OBJECTIVE

To demonstrate a novel technique used to restore cervical patency in a patient with severe iatrogenic cervical stenosis.

DESIGN

Surgical video case report.

SETTING

A single academic institution.

PATIENT(S): We highlight the case of a 35-year-old nulliparous woman with a history of primary infertility. Her past medical history was significant for focal, invasive, well-differentiated squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix, for which she underwent a loop electrosurgical excision procedure. During her infertility assessment, she was found to have an extremely stenotic cervix that was refractory to conventional treatment options.

INTERVENTIONS: This video highlights our innovative laparoscopic transfundal technique used to restore her cervical patency.

MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: None, as this is a descriptive case report.

RESULTS

Postoperatively, the patient had continued cervical patency for >1 year with successful fertility treatment resulting in pregnancy.

CONCLUSIONS

To our knowledge, this is the first case report describing a laparoscopic transfundal approach used to reestablish cervical patency. This approach may be considered for patients with cervical stenosis who have not responded to standard conservative therapies.