title: Hysteroscopic management of intra-uterine devices with lost strings.
abstract: We report a series of 38 patients with intra-uterine devices with lost strings where hysteroscopic aid was required after routine retrieval procedures failed. Thirty-five intra-uterine devices could be removed easily with hysteroscope. In one patient a fragmented Lippes Loop was removed piecemeal hysteroscopically. Laparotomy was required in only one patient, for an extra-uterine Copper T. Hysteroscopy is thus a simple, safe and effective method for removing misplaced intra-uterine devices.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Lady Hardinge Medical College and Associated Hospitals, New Delhi, India. drtrivedi@mantraonline.com
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Trivedi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goel
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jain
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D020878:Device Removal / Q000379:methods*; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015907:Hysteroscopy; D007434:Intrauterine Devices; D007435:Intrauterine Devices, Copper; D011859:Radiography; D014463:Ultrasonography