title: Severe hemorrhage complicating tension-free vaginal tape (TVT): a case report.
abstract: A 59-year-old non-obese woman with genuine stress incontinence underwent an uneventful TVT procedure. Postoperatively a hemorrhage in the space of Retzius became more and more prominent, and a secondary laparotomy was performed. Large clots as well as the TVT tape were removed. No active bleeding was found. She recovered uneventfully but needed 10 units of blood. A coagulation defect could not be diagnosed.
authors.affiliation: Ikazia Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. vierhout2@hotmail.com
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Vierhout
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D019106:Postoperative Hemorrhage / Q000473:pathology*; D012086:Reoperation; D013526:Surgical Mesh; D014550:Urinary Incontinence, Stress / Q000601:surgery*; D013520:Urologic Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014621:Vagina