L.I. MALTSEVA¹, F.A. FATTAKHOVA¹, R.S. ZAMALEEVA¹, E.S. KURTASANOVA², G.Kh. KHRULEVA²

¹Kazan State Medical Academy — Branch Campus of the RMACPE MOH Russia, 36 Butlerov Str., Kazan, Russian Federation, 420012

²Kazan (Volga) Federal University, 1A Chekhov Str., Kazan, Russian Federation, 420020

Maltseva L.I. — Doc. Med. Sc., Professor, Head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology No. 1, tel. +7-905-314-40-51, e-mail: [email protected],

Fattakhova F.A.  — Cand. Med. Sc., Associate Professor of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology No. 1, tel. +7-987-290-38-16, e-mail: [email protected]

Zamaleeva R.S. — D. Med. Sc., Professor of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology No. 1, tel. +7-919-621-67-51, e-mail:[email protected]

Kurtasanova E.S. — Head of the Gynecology Department No.1, tel. +7-917-272-89-14, e-mail: [email protected]

Khruleva G.Kh. — Head of the Gynecological Department No. 3, tel. +7-917-295-09-13, e-mail: org16.ru.

The article presents a review of MEDLINE, EMBASE and Cochrane Library data regarding the cases of a special form of ectopic pregnancy — in the scar after cesarean section. A total of 2037 women with BCS are described. The review presents existing methods of diagnosis and treatment of this kind of pregnancy, their effectiveness, and own observations of the authors.

Key words: ectopic pregnancy, scar pregnancy, diagnosis, tactics of treatment.

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