Complete bladder gangrene caused by bilateral hypogastric artery ligation during laparoscopic radical hysterectomy.
Ischemic complications are extremely rare after radical pelvic surgery because of the collateral blood supply in the pelvis. We report a case of complete bladder gangrene 3 weeks after a laparoscopic radical hysterectomy with bilateral hypogastric artery ligation in a 70-year-old woman with cervical cancer.
Kim
Myung Ki
MK
Department of Urology, Chonbuk National University Hospital, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju, South Korea.
Oh
Byung Chan
BC
Kim
Hyung Jin
HJ
Kim
Young Gon
YG
Jeong
Young Beom
YB
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005734:Gangrene; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D019300:Medical Errors; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology; D001745:Urinary Bladder Diseases / Q000209:etiology*