[Arterial thrombosis in ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome].

Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome is an iatrogenic complication of controlled ovarian hyperstimulation. Its features are excessive growth of the ovaries and leakage of fluid from the intravascular space with ascites, hypovolemia and electrolyte imbalance, inducing a state of hypercoagulability, which can cause arterial or venous thrombosis. Thromboembolic events are the less common complications but they are the most serious.

[Accidents and incidents in gynecologic surgery].

Gynecologic surgery often entails meticulous dissection in areas close to the bladder, rectum, ureters and major vessels of the pelvis. The close anatomical relationship between these bodies that frequently makes are affected during pelvic surgery. When a complication occurs, it is vital to recognize and treat appropriately, emphasizing that gynecologists should handle its own complications and when they exceed the capacities of their own specialty, as in the case of unusual or complex lesions, should be sent assistance of a colleague in another specialty to solve the problem.