Perforations with intrauterine devices: Report from a Swedish survey

Contraception

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 251-255

  Andersson, Kerstin ^a   Ryde Blomqvist, Elsa ^b   Lindell, Kerstin ^b   Odlind, Viveca ^c   Milsom, Ian ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c The Patient Ins Scheme Department   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Complications; Contraception; Intrauterine device; Perforation; Transmigration

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SWEDEN; UTERUS PERFORATION;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAUTERINE DEVICES; MIDWIFERY; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE; UTERINE PERFORATION;

EID: 0031842607     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-7824(98)00029-8     Document Type: Article

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