Copyright
©The Author(s) 2025. Published by Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved.
World J Clin Cases. Mar 16, 2025; 13(8): 99702
Published online Mar 16, 2025. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v13.i8.99702
Published online Mar 16, 2025. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v13.i8.99702
Fatal risk in hysteroscopic surgery that should not be overlooked: Uterine artery pseudoaneurysm
Mi-Si He, Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Chongqing University Cancer Hospital and Chongqing Cancer Institute and Chongqing Cancer Hospital, Chongqing 400030, China
Ke-Xiao Yu, Chen Wang, Department of Orthopedics, Chongqing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chongqing 400021, China
Author contributions: He MS, Wang C and Yu KX discussed and designed the manuscript; He MS wrote and edited the manuscript; Wang C designed the overall concept and outline of the manuscript; and all the authors have read and approved the final manuscript.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors report no relevant conflicts of interest for this article.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: https://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Corresponding author: Chen Wang, MD, Attending Doctor, Department of Orthopedics, Chongqing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, No. 6 Panxi Seventh Branch Road, Jiangbei District, Chongqing 400021, China. chenge19860102@163.com
Received: July 29, 2024
Revised: November 3, 2024
Accepted: November 19, 2024
Published online: March 16, 2025
Processing time: 127 Days and 17.5 Hours
Revised: November 3, 2024
Accepted: November 19, 2024
Published online: March 16, 2025
Processing time: 127 Days and 17.5 Hours
Core Tip
Core Tip: This article provides a detailed review of the diagnosis and treatment of uterine artery pseudoaneurysm (UAP), explores its etiology, highlights cervical dilation as a key risk factor, and emphasizes the significance of ultrasound and pelvic contrast-enhanced computed tomography for early UAP detection.