{"title":"Simultaneous laceration of external iliac artery and vein complicating anterior vaginal wall sling operation for stress urinary incontinence.","authors":"Umit Gul, Tahsin Turunc, Ozgur Yaycioglu","doi":"10.1007/s00192-009-0813-1","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Case report: </strong>We report a case of simultaneous injury of right external iliac artery and vein by a needle carrier that was inserted from the suprapubic area down to the vaginal lumen during anterior vaginal wall sling procedure.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>The risk factors and measures to be taken to avoid this life threatening complication are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":73495,"journal":{"name":"International urogynecology journal and pelvic floor dysfunction","volume":"20 8","pages":"1003-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2009-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s00192-009-0813-1","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International urogynecology journal and pelvic floor dysfunction","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00192-009-0813-1","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2009/1/27 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Case report: We report a case of simultaneous injury of right external iliac artery and vein by a needle carrier that was inserted from the suprapubic area down to the vaginal lumen during anterior vaginal wall sling procedure.
Discussion: The risk factors and measures to be taken to avoid this life threatening complication are discussed.