Culdocentesis
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culdocentesis-168-14070365
title:
Culdocentesis
text:
Culdocentesis is a medical procedure involving the extraction of fluid from the rectouterine pouch posterior to the vagina through a needle. It can be one diagnostic technique used in identifying pelvic inflammatory disease and ruptured ectopic pregnancies that cause hemoperitoneum. In the procedure, the rectouterine pouch is often reached through the posterior fornix of the vagina. The process of creating the hole is called colpotomy if a scalpel incision is made to drain the fluid rather than
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wiki
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Medical procedure
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culdocentesis
date created:
2006-10-26T01:26:22Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T03:11:15Z
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