Culdocentesis will differentiate hemoperitoneum ( ruptured ectopic pregnancy or hemorrhagic cyst ) from pelvic sepsis ( salpingitis, ruptured pelvic abscess, or ruptured appendix ).
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Complications occur in less than 10 % of cases, and include pelvic bleeding, pelvic abscess and anastomotic dehiscence ( splitting apart of the stitches inside ), bleeding or leak at a dehiscence Mortality is low.