The force required to remove the frameless 0-suture IUD anchoring system: Comparison between pre- and postmenopausal women

Contraception

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 513-515

  Wildemeersch, Dirk ^a  

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

Author keywords

"Frameless" intrauterine device (IUD) and system (IUS); FibroPlant LNG; GyneFix ; Removal force

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE REMOVAL; DYNAMOMETRY; FEMALE; FORCE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UTERUS;

BIOMECHANICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAUTERINE DEVICE EXPULSION; INTRAUTERINE DEVICES, COPPER; MENOPAUSE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 2442594146     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2003.11.004     Document Type: Article

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