title: Management of a broken needle at the time of laparoscopic burch.
abstract: Loss of surgical instrumentation in endoscopic procedures poses problems not faced in traditional surgery. We describe the breakage and subsequent recovery of a 2-mm segment of needle from an Autosuture Endostitch device (U.S. Surgical) during a laparoscopic Burch urethropexy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of South Florida, College of Medicine, Tampa, USA. clynch@com1.med.usf.edu
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Lynch
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Powers
mesh_terms: D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D009339:Needles; D010388:Pelvis; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery