Tubal perforation by Essure: three different clinical presentations

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 2011.e5-2011.e10

  Langenveld, Josje ^a   Veersema, Sebastiaan ^b   Bongers, Marlies Y ^a   Koks, Carolien A ^a  

^a MÁXIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Essure; female hysteroscopic sterilization; female tubal sterilization; tubal perforation

Indexed keywords

LEVONORGESTREL; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABORTION; ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPLICATION; CONTRACEPTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; FEMALE STERILIZATION; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; HYSTEROSCOPY; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MULTIPARA; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUBAL PERFORATION; ULTRASOUND; UTERINE TUBE LIGATION; UTERINE TUBE OCCLUSION; UTERINE TUBE STERILIZATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; X RAY;

EID: 55149110768     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.06.020     Document Type: Article

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