Late uterine perforation with an anchored IUD, the Gynefix®: A case report

Contraception

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 55-56

  Vekemans, Marcel ^a,b   Verougstraete, Anne ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c Department of Paediatrics   (Belgium)

^d VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Copper device; Gynefix; Intrauterine contraceptive device

Indexed keywords

COPPER INTRAUTERINE DEVICE; CU FIX; CU SAFE; FLEXIGARD; GYNEFIX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; MEASUREMENT; MYOMETRIUM; THICKNESS; UTERUS PERFORATION;

BELGIUM; CASE STUDIES--WOMEN; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS--COMPLICATIONS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EUROPE; FAMILY PLANNING; IUD, COPPER RELEASING--COMPLICATIONS; IUD--COMPLICATIONS; PERFORATIONS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS; STUDIES; UTERINE PERFORATION; WESTERN EUROPE; WOMEN;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAUTERINE DEVICES, COPPER; LAPAROSCOPY; MYOMETRIUM; UTERINE PERFORATION; UTERUS;

EID: 0032699340     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-7824(99)00055-4     Document Type: Article

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