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Our objective is to evaluate the literature on the surgical treatment of isthmocele in pre-Cesarean women treated with minimally invasive technique. Our hypothesis is that robotic treatment is more effective than other procedures in women desirous of having children. Materials and Methods: The words \u201cisthmocele\u201d, \u201claparoscopy\u201d, \u201crobot\u201d and \u201ccesarean scar pregnancy\u201d were searched on the main online scientific search sources (PubMed, Google Scholar, Scopus, WES, and Embase, etc.). We included articles in English and French, chosen for the relevance to the topic. We have decided to include also surgical corrections of isthmocele linked to pregnancies at the site of the defect, with particular attention to video training explanation. Results: We analyzed the literature about the minimally invasive surgery for the repair of an isthmocele, evaluating 20 articles. Comparing several surgical techniques, robotic-assisted laparoscopy could be an effective method to correct the defect, without high risk of intraoperative complications. Conclusions: As indicated in the literature, robotic tailored excision and repair of isthmocele (and of concomitant cesarean scar pregnancy) could be advantageous and safe, and it is necessary to promote video-training about this technique.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/medicina61071123","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,6,23]],"date-time":"2025-06-23T03:39:26Z","timestamp":1750649966000},"page":"1123","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Minimally Invasive Surgery for the Excision and Repair of Cesarean Scar Defect: A Scoping Review of the Literature"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"61","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6801-0043","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Daniela","family":"Surico","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Translational Medicine, Universit\u00e0 del Piemonte Orientale, Gynecology and Obstetrics, AOU \u201cMaggiore della Carit\u00e0\u201d, 28100 Novara, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Alessandro","family":"Vigone","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Translational Medicine, Universit\u00e0 del Piemonte Orientale, Gynecology and Obstetrics, AOU \u201cMaggiore della Carit\u00e0\u201d, 28100 Novara, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Carlotta","family":"Monateri","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Translational Medicine, Universit\u00e0 del Piemonte Orientale, Gynecology and Obstetrics, AOU \u201cMaggiore della Carit\u00e0\u201d, 28100 Novara, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4745-3061","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mario","family":"Tortora","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Neuroradiology Unit, Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, Universit\u00e0 \u201cFederico II\u201d, 80138 Naples, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4797-6161","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Carmen Imma","family":"Aquino","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Translational Medicine, Universit\u00e0 del Piemonte Orientale, Gynecology and Obstetrics, AOU \u201cMaggiore della Carit\u00e0\u201d, 28100 Novara, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,6,21]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"336","DOI":"10.1002\/uog.26171","article-title":"Diagnosis and management of isthmocele (Cesarean scar defect): A SWOT analysis","volume":"62","author":"Dominguez","year":"2023","journal-title":"Ultrasound Obstet. 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