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A fetal scalp electrode as a simple aid in the search for a lost needle fragment during sacrospinous ligament fixation

A needle fragment was lost during a sacrospinous ligament fixation. This was recognized during the procedure, but could not be found at that moment. The patient complained of severe buttock pain postoperatively. The needle fragment was localized on CT scan of the pelvis. A fetal scalp electrode help...

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Autores principales: Schoonenberg, Marieke P. G., Kluivers, Kirsten B., Vierhout, Mark E.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3025122/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20798923
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00192-010-1247-5
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author Schoonenberg, Marieke P. G.
Kluivers, Kirsten B.
Vierhout, Mark E.
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description A needle fragment was lost during a sacrospinous ligament fixation. This was recognized during the procedure, but could not be found at that moment. The patient complained of severe buttock pain postoperatively. The needle fragment was localized on CT scan of the pelvis. A fetal scalp electrode helped as a search device to localize the needle on X-ray during the secondary surgery. The patient was operated successfully and was free of pain after 6 weeks.
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spelling pubmed-30251222011-02-22 A fetal scalp electrode as a simple aid in the search for a lost needle fragment during sacrospinous ligament fixation Schoonenberg, Marieke P. G. Kluivers, Kirsten B. Vierhout, Mark E. Int Urogynecol J Case Report A needle fragment was lost during a sacrospinous ligament fixation. This was recognized during the procedure, but could not be found at that moment. The patient complained of severe buttock pain postoperatively. The needle fragment was localized on CT scan of the pelvis. A fetal scalp electrode helped as a search device to localize the needle on X-ray during the secondary surgery. The patient was operated successfully and was free of pain after 6 weeks. Springer-Verlag 2010-08-27 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3025122/ /pubmed/20798923 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00192-010-1247-5 Text en © The Author(s) 2010 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Schoonenberg, Marieke P. G.
Kluivers, Kirsten B.
Vierhout, Mark E.
A fetal scalp electrode as a simple aid in the search for a lost needle fragment during sacrospinous ligament fixation
title A fetal scalp electrode as a simple aid in the search for a lost needle fragment during sacrospinous ligament fixation
title_full A fetal scalp electrode as a simple aid in the search for a lost needle fragment during sacrospinous ligament fixation
title_fullStr A fetal scalp electrode as a simple aid in the search for a lost needle fragment during sacrospinous ligament fixation
title_full_unstemmed A fetal scalp electrode as a simple aid in the search for a lost needle fragment during sacrospinous ligament fixation
title_short A fetal scalp electrode as a simple aid in the search for a lost needle fragment during sacrospinous ligament fixation
title_sort fetal scalp electrode as a simple aid in the search for a lost needle fragment during sacrospinous ligament fixation
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3025122/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20798923
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00192-010-1247-5
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