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Objective: To describe an innovative approach of embolization of the inferior epigastric artery after vascular trauma due to lateral trocar insertion at operative laparoscopy., Design: Case report., Setting: Operating theater and interventional radiology suite of a university hospital., Patient(s): A 26-year-old woman with polycystic ovaries refractory to clomiphene citrate undergoing laparoscopic ovarian drilling., Intervention(s): Percutaneous selective left external iliac and left inferior epigastric angiography followed by embolization with platinum microcoils and polyvinyl alcohol., Main Outcome Measure(s): Satisfactory hemostasis following traumatic injury to the inferior epigastric artery., Result(s): Hemostasis was achieved using a novel interventive radiologic approach of embolization of the inferior epigastric artery after conventional surgical techniques had failed., Conclusion(s): Arterial embolization is a novel additional measure in the armamentarium of the laparoscopic surgeon faced with intractable bleeding from the inferior epigastric vessels.