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Fiberoptic flexible hysteroscopy diagnoses cesarean scar defect

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Fiberoptic flexible hysteroscopy showing cesarean scar defect in the anterior lower uterine segment of a patient evaluated for abnormal uterine bleeding. When identified hysteroscopically, a definitive out-pouching is visualized in the lower uterine segment, where the defect has been termed an “isthmocele.”

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