Successful emergency endometrial ablation for intractable uterine bleeding in a postmenopausal woman complicated with liver cirrhosis and morbid obesity.
Life-threatening intractable uterine bleeding is difficult to treat when concurrent medical complications contraindicate invasive surgery. We present a case of heavy uterine bleeding in a postmenopausal woman that was complicated by liver cirrhosis and morbid obesity. The bleeding was successfully halted through emergency endometrial ablation after failure of uterine artery embolization.
Osuga
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan. yutakaos-tky@umin.ac.jp
Okagaki
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Ozaki
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Matsumi
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Fujii
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Iwase
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Taketani
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D004564:Electrocoagulation / Q000379:methods*; D004630:Emergencies; D004717:Endometrium / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015907:Hysteroscopy; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications; D008875:Middle Aged; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000150:complications; D014592:Uterine Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*