External iliac artery laceration during tension-free vaginal tape procedure.
This is a case review of a patient who, during surgery for stress incontinence using the tension-free vaginal tape procedure, sustained a laceration to the right external iliac artery.
Zilbert
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. arthur.zilbert@ns.sympatico.ca
Farrell
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D000328:Adult; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D000772:Anesthesia, Local; D016292:Procedural Sedation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D019106:Postoperative Hemorrhage; D013526:Surgical Mesh; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014549:Urinary Incontinence; D014550:Urinary Incontinence, Stress / Q000601:surgery*; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures