Migration of intrauterine contraceptive device into the appendix

Indian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 179-180

  Katara, Avinash N ^a,b   Chandiramani, Vinod A ^a   Pandya, Shefali M ^a   Nair, Nita S ^a  

^a P D HINDUJA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Appendix; Migration intrauterine contraceptive device

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; LAPAROSCOPY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; UTERINE TUBE; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 4143131155     PISSN: 09722068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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