TY - JOUR
T1 - Pyometra after thermal endometrial ablation
AU - Schlumbrecht, Matthew
AU - Balgobin, Sunil
AU - Word, Larry
PY - 2007/9/21
Y1 - 2007/9/21
N2 - BACKGROUND: Pyometra is a rare but serious complication after thermal endometrial ablation. CASE: A 48-year-old woman with type 2 diabetes and a prosthetic mitral valve underwent a thermal endometrial ablation for abnormal uterine bleeding. She subsequently developed pyometra that induced sepsis and cervical necrosis necessitating hysterectomy. CONCLUSION: The development of a pyometra after endometrial ablation is likely multifactorial.
AB - BACKGROUND: Pyometra is a rare but serious complication after thermal endometrial ablation. CASE: A 48-year-old woman with type 2 diabetes and a prosthetic mitral valve underwent a thermal endometrial ablation for abnormal uterine bleeding. She subsequently developed pyometra that induced sepsis and cervical necrosis necessitating hysterectomy. CONCLUSION: The development of a pyometra after endometrial ablation is likely multifactorial.
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U2 - 10.1097/01.AOG.0000271213.60872.be
DO - 10.1097/01.AOG.0000271213.60872.be
M3 - Article
C2 - 17666657
AN - SCOPUS:34548450243
SN - 0029-7844
VL - 110
SP - 538
EP - 540
JO - Obstetrics and gynecology
JF - Obstetrics and gynecology
IS - 2 II
ER -