title: Interventional radiologic treatment of pelvic hemorrhage after placement of mesh for reconstructive pelvic surgery.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  We report two cases of vascular complications after reconstructive pelvic surgery successfully treated with pelvic artery embolization.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two patients who underwent mesh placement complicated by postoperative pelvic hemorrhage were treated successfully with selective arterial embolization.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The widespread adoption of reconstructive pelvic surgery procedures with dissection in deep vascular spaces has brought with it the prospect of challenging vascular morbidity. A thorough understanding of pelvic anatomy is essential for management of vascular complications from reconstructive pelvic surgery.
authors.affiliation: From the Center for Urogynecology and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, and the Department of Radiology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
authors.forename: Tyler M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Muffly
authors.forename: Marie Fidela R
authors.initials: MFR
authors.lastname: Paraiso
authors.forename: Amanjit S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Gill
authors.forename: Matthew D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Barber
authors.forename: Matthew C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Rainey
authors.forename: Mark D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Walters
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019106:Postoperative Hemorrhage / Q000628:therapy*; D015642:Radiology, Interventional; D013526:Surgical Mesh; D014596:Uterine Prolapse / Q000601:surgery*