The reliability of the anchoring concept for suspension of bioactive substances in the human uterus evaluated by measuring the removal force: Results after long-term use

Contraception

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 501-503

  Batár, István ^a   Wildemeersch, Dirk ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^b Gynecological Outpatient Clinic and IUD Training Center   (Belgium)

Author keywords

"Frameless" intrauterine device (IUD); Expulsion; Failed insertion; GyneFix ; Removal force

Indexed keywords

COPPER INTRAUTERINE DEVICE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE REMOVAL; DYNAMOMETRY; FEMALE; FORCE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; NORMAL HUMAN; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UTERUS;

BELGIUM; BIOMECHANICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNGARY; INTRAUTERINE DEVICE EXPULSION; INTRAUTERINE DEVICES, COPPER; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 2442482936     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2003.11.005     Document Type: Article

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