What Women Know About Neonatal Care and What they Practice in an Underprivileged Community of Bangladesh

Abu Sayeed Md Abdullah^1,2*, Farjana Haq³, Sumaiya Afroze Khan Atina¹, Md Mostafezur Rahman¹ and Md Abdul Halim¹

¹Centre for Injury Prevention and Research, Bangladesh (CIPRB), Dhaka, Bangladesh
²Department of Public Health Science, School of Health Sciences, Mid Sweden University (MIUN), Sundsvall, Sweden
³Individual Consultant, Dhaka, Bangladesh

*Corresponding Author: Abu Sayeed Md Abdullah, Centre for Injury Prevention and Research, Bangladesh (CIPRB), Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Received: July 23, 2025; Published: August 04, 2025

Abstract

Study Objective: The uterine scar niche is a rising problem during the past decades because the increased incidence of caesarean section procedures all over the world. Caesarean scar niche correction, also known as niche resection or niche excision, is a surgical procedure aimed at repairing or removing the scar tissue to alleviate symptoms and improve reproductive outcomes.

Design: A case report study.

Setting: A private fertility centre.

Patients: Four cases were enrolled in this case report study with history of ICSI failure and diagnosed with transvaginal ultrasound to have a caesarean scar niche >2 mm in depth, were selected.

Intervention: Combined laparoscopic/hysteroscopic guided scar repair was done for all patients. Measurements and Main Results: A period of at least 2 months after the repair, all patients had undergone ICSI trials. three out of the four had got pregnant and one of the pregnant women showed early miscarriage. Conclusion: The study showed that repair of caesarean scar niche is associated with improved pregnancy rate and live birth rate (75% and 50%) respectively, in patient with recurrent implantation failure.

Keywords: Repair; Caesarean Scar; Niche; Laparoscopy; Hysteroscopy; ICSI

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Citation

Citation: Mohamed Atef Behery.,et al. “Reproductive Outcome After Laparoscopic Caesarean Section Scar Repair, A Case Report Study". Acta Scientific Women's Health 7.9 (2025): 09-16.

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