title: [Diagnosis and treatment of an occult intrauterine device].
abstract: Between February 1978 and December 1985 53 women with lost intrauterine devices (IUD) were treated. To exclude unrecognized expulsion and to locate the device sonography was primarily employed. In 90.6% of cases a correct diagnosis was established. Only in 9.4% of cases a plain X-ray of the abdomen was necessary because sonography was not diagnostic. In 47 patients (88.7%) the IUD could be located by hysteroscopy and was removed. Using biopsy forceps or curette. Of the remaining 6 cases there were 4 with perforation and intraabdominal dislocation, 1 spontaneous expulsion in the interval between diagnosis and admission to the hospital and 1 case of endometrial incrustation which escaped hysteroscopic diagnosis.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Burmucic
authors.forename: H O
authors.initials: HO
authors.lastname: Mayer
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kömetter
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen; D000328:Adult; D004724:Endoscopy; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007434:Intrauterine Devices; D014595:Uterine Perforation / Q000175:diagnosis; D014599:Uterus
vernacular_title: Zur Diagnose und Behandlung des okkulten Intrauterinpessars.