transection

Mr Flack said that transection of the left axillary artery – the main artery to the arm – was also a contributory cause to her death.

Ms. Morales was injured during the July 9 procedure when “Dr. Rho caused a laceration of the victim’s cervix, a perforation of the uterine wall, and a disruption and transection of the uterine artery,” the office of the Queen district attorney, Richard A. Brown, said in a news release.

Four times on the track, Weir, who was born with a spinal cord transection that left him unable to use his legs, failed to come away with a medal.

The Londoner, who was born with a spinal cord transection that left him unable to use his legs, will retire after the London Marathon in 2017.

It also said the injuries involved “cervical spinal cord transection” and “vertebral artery compression.”