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uterosacral

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uterosacral /utero·sa·cral/ (-sa´kr'l) pertaining to the uterus and sacrum.
uterosacral [u″ter-o-sa´kral]
pertaining to the uterus and sacrum.

uterosacral
pertaining to the uterus and sacrum.


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These include a fixed retroverted uterus, tender adnexal masses, tenderness or nodularity of the uterosacral ligaments, nodules in the rectovaginal septum, and rarely blue or red lesions in the posterior vaginal fornix.
It occurred during the gynecological procedure called laparoscopic uterosacral nerve ablation (LUNA), which was intended to address her pelvic pain resulting from endometriosis.
The investigators found that a total of 42 of the 57 patients (74%) had sacral colpopexy; 7 (12%) had uterosacral suspension; 6 (11%) had total vaginal mesh placed; and 2 (3%) had posterior colporrhaphy.
 
 
 
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