A 29-year-old woman with a ruptured ectopic pregnancy is admitted to a hospital for culdocentesis. A long needle on the syringe is most efficiently inseed through which of the following structures?
Correct Answer: Posterior fornix of the vagina
Description: A needle should be inseed through the posterior fornix, just below the posterior lip of cervix while the patient is in supine position, to aspirate abnormal fluid in the cul-de-sac of Douglas (rectouterine pouch). Rectouterine excavation is not most efficiently aspirated by puncture of other structures.
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