title: Successful treatment of symptomatic arteriovenous malformation of the uterus using laparoscopic bipolar coagulation of uterine vessels.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report a case of symptomatic arteriovenous malformation (AVM) of the uterus that was successfully treated with laparoscopic bipolar coagulation of uterine vessels.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  METHODS
  University-affiliated tertiary referral center.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 66-year-old woman with symptomatic AVM of the uterus.
  
  
  METHODS
  Laparoscopic bipolar coagulation of uterine vessels.
  
  
  METHODS
  Clinical symptoms, color Doppler sonographic examination, and pelvic magnetic resonance imaging.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Remarkable shrinkage of the lesion size, obvious decrease in all of the impedance measurements (pulsatility, resistance, velocity indexes [systolic/diastolic]), and freedom from symptoms.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This modality is a new alternative method for the management of patients with symptomatic AVM of the uterus who do not respond to conservative treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Veteran General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
authors.forename: Y C
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: W M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: H T
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Ng
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color; D014591:Uterine Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014599:Uterus / Q000098:blood supply*