Intraoperative ultrasound guidance for hysteroscopic retrieval of intrauterine foreign bodies.
Retained bony fragments after a therapeutic abortion represent a rare complication of this gynecologic procedure. Management has been previously described to include blind dilatation and curettage, hysterectomy, and in select cases and with variable success, hysteroscopy. We describe a case of retained bones after a second-trimester abortion managed by operative hysteroscopy using a resectoscope and wire loop under intraoperative transabdominal ultrasound guidance.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA 98111.
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D000032:Abortion, Therapeutic; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D015907:Hysteroscopy / Q000379:methods; D007430:Intraoperative Care / Q000379:methods; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods; D014599:Uterus