Fertility and Sterility
Volume 90, Issue 5 , Pages 2004.e11-2004.e13 , November 2008

An oocyte pick-up procedure complicated with pseudoaneurysm of the internal iliac artery

  • Gurkan Bozdag, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hacettepe University, School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Gurkan Bozdag, M.D., Hacettepe Üniversitesi, Tip fakültesi Kadin Hastaliklari ve Doğum Anabilim dali, 06100 Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey (FAX: 90-312- 3052315).
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  • Ahmet Basaran, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hacettepe University, School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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  • Barbaros Cil, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Hacettepe University, School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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  • İbrahim Esinler, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hacettepe University, School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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  • Hakan Yarali, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hacettepe University, School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey

Received 10 October 2007 ,Revised 5 February 2008 ,Accepted 5 February 2008.

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 G.B. has nothing to disclose. A.B. has nothing to disclose. B.C. has nothing to disclose. İ.E. has nothing to disclose. H.Y. has nothing to disclose.

PII: S0015-0282(08)00251-3

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.02.010

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 90, Issue 5 , Pages 2004.e11-2004.e13 , November 2008

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