title: Intrauterine contraceptive device migration presenting as abdominal wall swelling: a case report.
abstract: A number of complications are reported with the use of intrauterine contraceptive devices. These may pursue asymptomatic course or present as an acute abdomen after migration into peritoneal cavity. The authors here are reporting an abdominal wall swelling caused by transuterine migration of a copper intrauterine contraceptive device in a 28-year-old female. An open approach was used, and impacted foreign body was retrieved.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, SKIMS, Srinagar, Kashmir, India.
authors.forename: Imtiaz
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Wani
authors.forename: Adil
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Syed
authors.forename: Muddasir
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maqbool
authors.forename: Iftikhar
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bakshi
authors.forename: Hilal
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bhat
authors.forename: Faheem Ul Hassan
authors.initials: FU
authors.lastname: Andrabi
authors.forename: Naveed
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mohsin