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INTRAOPERATIVELY, THE RIGHT UTEROSACRAL LIGAMENT WAS FOUND TO BE VERY PROMINENT AND BAND-LIKE. THE UTERUS WAS FIXED. THE RIGHT UTEROSACRAL LIGAMENT WAS PARTIALLY TRANSECTED WITH THE MONOPOLAR CURVED SCISSORS (MCS) INSTRUMENT. THE SURGEON DENIED THAT THERE WAS A MALFUNCTION OF THE INSTRUMENT OR THE DA VINCI S SURGICAL SYSTEM. ACCORDING TO THE SURGEON, AT THE TIME OF SURGERY, THERE WAS NO APPARENT URETERAL INJURY. THREE TO FOUR WEEKS POST-OPERATIVELY, THE PATIENT COMPLAINED OF ABDOMINAL PAIN AND BACK PAIN TO HER PCP. A CT WAS ORDERED AND SHOWED LARGE PELVIC FLUID COLLECTION AND HYDRONEPHROSIS. A UROLOGIST PERFORMED A RETROGRADE PYELOGRAM THAT SHOWED THE INJURY TO THE DISTAL URETER. A PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROSTOMY TUBE WAS PLACED. THE SURGEON BELIEVED THAT THE INJURY WAS THERMAL IN NATURE AND DUE TO THERMAL SPREAD OR BY DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE URETER WHILE USING THE MCS INSTRUMENT. 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