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INTUITIVE SURGICAL WAS PROVIDED WITH THE OPERATIVE REPORT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PROVIDED INCLUDES: OUTPATIENT FOLLOW-UP REPORT (B)(6) 2013, HISTORY AND PHYSICAL REPORT (B)(6) 2013, OR-REPORT (B)(6) 2013. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF A MALFUNCTION OF THE DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM, INSTRUMENT OR ACCESSORY DURING SURGERY. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF AN INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATION. THE UTERUS WAS MOBILIZED AND THE LATERAL LIGAMENTS TRANSECTED USING PK AND MONOPOLAR CAUTERY SCISSORS. THE BLADDER FLAP WAS MOBILIZED AND THE BLADDER REFLECTED INFERIORLY OFF THE UTERUS. A CIRCUMFERENTIAL INCISION WAS MADE AT THE VAGINAL APEX AND THE UTERUS DELIVERED THROUGH THE VAGINAL CUFF. THE VAGINAL CUFF WAS CLOSED WITH A RUNNING SUTURE USING A V-LOC SUTURE. (BLOOD LOSS: 100 CC) POSTOPERATIVELY, THE PATIENT DID WELL, BUT HAD MINIMAL DAILY SPOTTING FOR 1 MONTH. SILVER NITRATE WAS USED ON THE VAGINAL CUFF AND RELIEVED SYMPTOMS. SINCE SURGERY, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED INTERMITTENT PELVIC PAIN. 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