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Procedures Include Hemostasis

Published on Tue Oct 17, 2023

Question: Patient is one day post-op for 58548 (Laparoscopy, surgical, with radical hysterectomy, with bilateral total pelvic lymphad­enectomy and para-aortic lymph node sampling (biopsy), with removal of tube(s) and ovary(s), if performed). Then the ob-gyn went back in for an intraperitoneal hematoma. They performed a laparoscopic evacuation of hematoma and exploration for bleeding vessels, with coagulation and vascular clips applied. [...]
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