Tubal migration: A rare complication of an intrauterine contraceptive device leading to formation of a hydrosalpinx

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 188, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1109-1110

  Sindos, Michael ^a   Pisal, Narendra ^a   Setchell, Marcus ^a   Singer, Albert ^a  

^a WHITTINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hydrosalpinx; Intrauterine contraceptive device; Tubal migration

Indexed keywords

COPPER INTRAUTERINE DEVICE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; COPPER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYDROSALPINX; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MENORRHAGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALPINGECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE TUBE; FOREIGN BODY; LAPAROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY; UTERINE TUBE DISEASE;

ADULT; COPPER; FALLOPIAN TUBE DISEASES; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; INTRAUTERINE DEVICES; LAPAROSCOPY;

EID: 0038066744     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2003.192     Document Type: Article

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