Lippes Loop intrauterine device left in the uterus for 50 years: Case report

BMC Women's Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Aniuliene, Rosita ^a   Aniulis, Povilas ^a  

^a Department obst/gyn of LUHS hospital ^*  (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Contraception; Intrauterine device (IUD); LIPPES device

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CURETTAGE; DILATION AND EVACUATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; MENOPAUSE; OVARY ATROPHY; OVARY DISEASE; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; STRESS INCONTINENCE; TRANSOBTURATOR TAPE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTERUS; UTERUS CAVITY; FOREIGN BODIES;

AGED; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; INTRAUTERINE DEVICES; UTERUS;

EID: 84906840473     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6874-14-97     Document Type: Article

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