A pelvic abscess is a life-threatening collection of infected fluid in the pouch of Douglas, fallopian tube, ovary, or parametric tissue.[1] Usually, a pelvic abscess occurs as a complication after operative procedures. It starts as pelvic cellulitis or hematoma spreads to parametrial tissue.[2] It
The efficacy of colpopexy using an autograft is assessed. The method was used in patients with post-hysterectomy vaginal vault prolapse and/or suffering from uterine prolapse complicated by ovarian pathology. Thirty-five patients were subjected to a modified operative procedure based on Shaw's
BACKGROUND
Supracervical hysterectomy is seldom performed and there are few reports of tubo-ovarian abscess (TOA) after supracervical hysterectomy.
METHODS
The case of a 49-year-old woman with a right TOA is reported. This patient had received a supracervical hysterectomy 16 years earlier due to
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