Iatrogenic Iliac Arteriovenous Fistula Presenting with Heart Failure Symptoms After Ruptured Ovarian Cyst Surgery; [Over Kist Rüptürü Operasyonu Sonrası Kalp Yetersizliği Semptomları ile Prezente Olan İyatrojenik İliyak Arteriyovenöz Fistül]
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2023
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Alkan F.
Düzgün F.
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Iatrogenic arteriovenous fistulas (AVF), which are increasing in the literature with the increase of surgical closed vascular interventions in diagnosis and treatment, are rare but have fatal complications. AVF may present with congestive heart failure symptoms, cardio-pulmonary symptoms, and leg edema immediately after the operation or over the years, depending on the size of the fistula. Diagnosis can be made by imaging examinations such as Doppler ultrasonography, computed tomography, or magnetic resonance angiography in patients with suspected AVF. The endovascular stent-grafting approach seems to be more popular in eligible patients due to surgical treatment's high morbidity and mortality rates. We aimed to report a rare case of iliac arteriovenous fistula that developed after a laparoscopic intervention due to ovarian cyst rupture and successfully grafted with an endovascular covered stent. 2146-9032 / Copyright © 2023 by Türkiye Klinikleri. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).