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Vaginal Evisceration After Abdominal Hysterectomy: A Case Report

Vaginal cuff dehiscence (VCD) is an extremely rare complication after a hysterectomy, with possible life-threatening consequences. Multiple cases of pelvic organ evisceration through the vaginal cuff have been reported, most frequently precipitated by sexual intercourse. Surgeons should be suspiciou...

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Autores principales: Tsakona, Sofia, Iavazzo, Christos, Fotiou, Alexandros, Kokkali, Kalliopi, Vorgias, George
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9728080/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36505166
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.31191
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author Tsakona, Sofia
Iavazzo, Christos
Fotiou, Alexandros
Kokkali, Kalliopi
Vorgias, George
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Iavazzo, Christos
Fotiou, Alexandros
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description Vaginal cuff dehiscence (VCD) is an extremely rare complication after a hysterectomy, with possible life-threatening consequences. Multiple cases of pelvic organ evisceration through the vaginal cuff have been reported, most frequently precipitated by sexual intercourse. Surgeons should be suspicious of clinical signs of VCD postoperatively, as any intervention should be prompt. Patients at high-risk patients of developing vaginal cuff dehiscence should be advised to refrain from straining exercises for longer periods of time. Herein, we present the case of a 46-year-old with this complication.
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spelling pubmed-97280802022-12-08 Vaginal Evisceration After Abdominal Hysterectomy: A Case Report Tsakona, Sofia Iavazzo, Christos Fotiou, Alexandros Kokkali, Kalliopi Vorgias, George Cureus Obstetrics/Gynecology Vaginal cuff dehiscence (VCD) is an extremely rare complication after a hysterectomy, with possible life-threatening consequences. Multiple cases of pelvic organ evisceration through the vaginal cuff have been reported, most frequently precipitated by sexual intercourse. Surgeons should be suspicious of clinical signs of VCD postoperatively, as any intervention should be prompt. Patients at high-risk patients of developing vaginal cuff dehiscence should be advised to refrain from straining exercises for longer periods of time. Herein, we present the case of a 46-year-old with this complication. Cureus 2022-11-07 /pmc/articles/PMC9728080/ /pubmed/36505166 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.31191 Text en Copyright © 2022, Tsakona et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Obstetrics/Gynecology
Tsakona, Sofia
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Vorgias, George
Vaginal Evisceration After Abdominal Hysterectomy: A Case Report
title Vaginal Evisceration After Abdominal Hysterectomy: A Case Report
title_full Vaginal Evisceration After Abdominal Hysterectomy: A Case Report
title_fullStr Vaginal Evisceration After Abdominal Hysterectomy: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Vaginal Evisceration After Abdominal Hysterectomy: A Case Report
title_short Vaginal Evisceration After Abdominal Hysterectomy: A Case Report
title_sort vaginal evisceration after abdominal hysterectomy: a case report
topic Obstetrics/Gynecology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9728080/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36505166
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.31191
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