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Significant abdominal wall hematoma from an umbilical port insertion
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan Medical Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109-0276, USA. Marcovic@umich.edu
JSLS : Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
|September 11, 2001
Abstract:
Laparoscopists consider the umbilical and ventral midline area to be "vascular safe." On occasion, however, the insertion of the first trocar at the umbilical port may result in severe abdominal wall hematoma.

