Complete and partial uterine perforation and embedding following insertion of intrauterine devices. II. Diagnostic methods, prevention, and management

Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 1981, Pages 401-417

  Zakin, David ^a   Stern, Wilhelm Z ^a   Rosenblatt, Ruth ^a  

^a MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HYSTEROGRAPHY; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; PNEUMOGRAPHY; PREVENTION; RADIOLOGY; REVIEW; THERAPY; UTERUS PERFORATION;

CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTION TERMINATION; CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS--COMPLICATIONS; DISEASES; ENDOSCOPY; EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; FAMILY PLANNING; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HYSTERECTOMY; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; HYSTEROSCOPY; INSERTION; IUD--COMPLICATIONS; LAPAROSCOPY; LITERATURE REVIEW; PERFORATIONS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; SURGERY; TREATMENT; ULTRASONICS; UROGENITAL SURGERY; UTERINE PERFORATION;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; DILATATION AND CURETTAGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; HYSTERECTOMY, VAGINAL; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; INTRAUTERINE DEVICES; LAPAROSCOPY; PNEUMORADIOGRAPHY; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE; UTERINE PERFORATION; UTERINE RUPTURE; UTERUS; VAGINA;

EID: 0019725969     PISSN: 00297828     EISSN: 15339866     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006254-198108000-00001     Document Type: Article

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