title: Removal of an incarcerated intrauterine device in the sigmoid colon under the assistance of hysteroscope and laparoscope: a case report.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the value of hysteroscope and laparoscope in removing an incarcerated or ectopic intrauterine device (IUD).
  
  
  METHODS
  A 33-year-old woman was admitted to the present hospital on May 22nd, 2013. An incarcerated IUD was proven by ultrasonography. An IUD had been implanted in October 2011. Clinical case report of an incarcerated IUD in the sigmoid colon.
  
  
  RESULTS
  An IUD was successfully removed with the assistance of hysteroscope and laparoscope.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Ultrasonography should be performed in the follow-up of the patients after IUD implantation. Ectopic or incarcerated IUD can be successfully removed with the assistance of hysteroscope and laparoscope with minimal trauma.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Le
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Shan
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zhuo
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D012809:Colon, Sigmoid; D020878:Device Removal; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D020702:Hysteroscopes; D007434:Intrauterine Devices; D020706:Laparoscopes; D014595:Uterine Perforation / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*