Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 3 , Pages 929.e1-929.e3 , March 2009

Pseudoaneurysm of the uterine artery after laparoscopic myomectomy

Received 11 June 2008 ,Revised 30 August 2008 ,Accepted 4 September 2008.

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 S.A. has nothing to disclose. H.A. has nothing to disclose. M.F. has nothing to disclose. H.I. has nothing to disclose. M.T. has nothing to disclose. Y.Y. has nothing to disclose.

PII: S0015-0282(08)03908-3

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.09.019

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 3 , Pages 929.e1-929.e3 , March 2009

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