Severe bleeding from internal obturator muscle following tension-free vaginal tape Secur hammock approach procedure

• DOI: 10.1007/s00192-008-0615-x
• Publication Date: 2008-04-16T10:51:14Z
• Authors: Jaromir Masata; Alois Martan; Kamil Svabík
• Keywords: Suburethral Slings; Urinary Incontinence, Stress; Pelvic Floor; Middle Aged; Postoperative Hemorrhage; Prosthesis Design; Hemostasis, Surgical; 3. Good health; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; Humans; Urologic Surgical Procedures; Female; Follow-Up Studies

Various perioperative and postoperative complications have been reported after the use of pubo-vaginal tension-free vaginal tapes. The transobturator approach was introduced to minimize the potential complications connected with entering the retropubic space, but different types of complications have also been described. The next generation of recently introduced minitapes such as TVT-Secur is intended to minimize the incidence of complications. This report concerns a patient who underwent a tension-free vaginal tape procedure-TVT-Secur hammock approach-and developed severe bleeding from the internal obturator muscle, which required surgical intervention.