Bowel injury resulting from vaginal vault closure with a barbed suture: An underestimated risk

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¹ Multidisciplinary Breast Clinic Antwerpen & Unit of Gynecologic Oncology, Antwerp University Hospital, University of Antwerp, Belgium; Department of Abdominal, Pediatric and Plastic Surgery, Antwerp University Hospital, University of Antwerp, Belgium; Multidisciplinary Breast Clinic Antwerpen & Unit of Gynecologic Oncology, Antwerp University Hospital, University of Antwerp, Belgium. Electronic address: Wiebren.Tjalma@uza.be.
² Multidisciplinary Breast Clinic Antwerpen & Unit of Gynecologic Oncology, Antwerp University Hospital, University of Antwerp, Belgium; Department of Abdominal, Pediatric and Plastic Surgery, Antwerp University Hospital, University of Antwerp, Belgium; Multidisciplinary Breast Clinic Antwerpen & Unit of Gynecologic Oncology, Antwerp University Hospital, University of Antwerp, Belgium.

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Wiebren A Tjalma et al. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2017 Apr.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2017.02.013. Epub 2017 Feb 14.

¹ Multidisciplinary Breast Clinic Antwerpen & Unit of Gynecologic Oncology, Antwerp University Hospital, University of Antwerp, Belgium; Department of Abdominal, Pediatric and Plastic Surgery, Antwerp University Hospital, University of Antwerp, Belgium; Multidisciplinary Breast Clinic Antwerpen & Unit of Gynecologic Oncology, Antwerp University Hospital, University of Antwerp, Belgium. Electronic address: Wiebren.Tjalma@uza.be.
² Multidisciplinary Breast Clinic Antwerpen & Unit of Gynecologic Oncology, Antwerp University Hospital, University of Antwerp, Belgium; Department of Abdominal, Pediatric and Plastic Surgery, Antwerp University Hospital, University of Antwerp, Belgium; Multidisciplinary Breast Clinic Antwerpen & Unit of Gynecologic Oncology, Antwerp University Hospital, University of Antwerp, Belgium.

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