Removal of Migrated Intrauterine Devices to Appendix, Small Intestine and Omentum: Case Reports

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Begoña Alcaraz Freijo Jose Antonio López­ Fernández Tina Martin Bayon Emma Vilanova Blanes Lucia Soler Mialaret Juan Carlos Martínez Escoriza

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Begoña Alcaraz Freijo
Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Alicante, Spain

A B S T R A C T

The intrauterine device (IUD) is a very commonly used contraceptive method among fertile women due to its high efficacy and safety. A very rare complication is uterus perforation and migration to the abdominal cavity, with injury of structures nearby. In this work three cases are reported with different organ involvement and a review of uterus perforation is made.

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Case Report

Publication history

Received: Fri 29, Jan 2021
Accepted: Tue 09, Feb 2021
Published: Tue 23, Feb 2021

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© 2023 Begoña Alcaraz Freijo. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.SCR.2021.02.20