Rectal injury associated with insertion of a vaginal delineator tube during total laparoscopic hysterectomy: A case report and review of the literature

• Main Authors: Satoshi Asai (Author), Hitoshi Ishimoto (Author), Satsuki Okuno (Author), Akira Yabuno (Author), Hironori Asada (Author), Bao-Liang Lin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2014-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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We present a case of rectal injury during total laparoscopic hysterectomy (TLH) associated with placement of a vaginal delineator tube. The patient was a 43-year-old virgin woman who presented with hypermenorrhea secondary to a large submucosal leiomyoma and underwent TLH. On insertion of a vaginal...