Uterine artery pseudoaneurysm caused by a uterine manipulator

• Main Authors: Toshiyuki Seki (Author), Yoshinobu Hamada (Author), Teppei Ichikawa (Author), Shin Onota (Author), Manabu Nakata (Author), Satoshi Takakura (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2017-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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A uterine artery pseudoaneurysm (UAP) can occur after a traumatic event to the uterus, and cause massive bleeding. A uterine manipulator has been widely used for gynecologic laparoscopic surgery as basically an atraumatic instrument. We describe here a woman with a UAP caused by a uterine manipulato...