Successful emergency endometrial ablation for intractable uterine bleeding in a postmenopausal woman complicated with liver cirrhosis and morbid obesity

Successful emergency endometrial ablation for intractable uterine bleeding in a postmenopausal woman complicated with liver cirrhosis and morbid obesity

Life-threatening intractable uterine bleeding is difficult to treat when concurrent medical complications contraindicate invasive surgery. We present a case of heavy uterine bleeding in a postmenopausal woman that was complicated by liver cirrhosis and morbid obesity. The bleeding was successfully h...

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Veröffentlicht in:Surgical endoscopy 2001-08, Vol.15 (8), p.898-898
Hauptverfasser: Osuga, Y, Okagaki, R, Ozaki, S, Matsumi, H, Fujii, T, Iwase, H, Taketani, Y
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Electrocoagulation - methods
Emergencies
Endometrium - surgery
Female
Humans
Hysteroscopy
Liver Cirrhosis - complications
Middle Aged
Obesity, Morbid - complications
Uterine Hemorrhage - etiology
Uterine Hemorrhage - surgery
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Zusammenfassung:Life-threatening intractable uterine bleeding is difficult to treat when concurrent medical complications contraindicate invasive surgery. We present a case of heavy uterine bleeding in a postmenopausal woman that was complicated by liver cirrhosis and morbid obesity. The bleeding was successfully halted through emergency endometrial ablation after failure of uterine artery embolization.
ISSN:0930-2794
1432-2218
DOI:10.1007/s004640040042