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A large bladder stone caused by the intravesical migration of an intrauterine contraceptive device: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2017
Background A wide variety of complications due to the extrauterine migration of intrauterine contraceptive devices have been reported in the literature. Here we describe the case of a large bladder stone formed around a migrated Copper T380A device that ...
W. S. L. De Silva, K. A. S. U. A. Kodithuwakku, G. U. E. Aponsu, R. M. M. Rathnayake, E. Rajasegaram   +4 more
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Differential Effects of the Hormonal and Copper Intrauterine Device on the Endometrial Transcriptome. [PDF]

, 2020
The contraceptive effectiveness of intrauterine devices (IUDs) has been attributed in part to a foreign body reaction in the endometrium. We performed this study to better understand mechanisms of action of contraceptives of by studying their effects on ...
Averbach, Sarah, Giudice, Linda C, Houshdaran, Sahar, Seidman, Dominika, Smith-McCune, Karen, Takeda, Margaret, Thomas, Reuben   +6 more
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Intrauterine devices and endometrial cancer risk : a pooled analysis of the Epidemiology of Endometrial Cancer Consortium [PDF]

, 2015
Intrauterine devices (IUDs), long-acting and reversible contraceptives, induce a number of immunological and biochemical changes in the uterine environment that could affect endometrial cancer (EC) risk.
Adami, H.O., Beresford, S., Bernstein, L., Brinton, L.A., Chen, C., Cook, L.S., Doherty, J.A., Felix, A.S., Friedenreich, C.M., Gapstur, S.M., Gaudet, M.M., Hill, D., Horn-Ross, P.L., Lacey, J.V., Levi, F., Liang, X., Lu, L., Magliocco, A., McCann, S.E., Nagle, C.M., Negri, E., Olson, S.H., Palmer, J.R., Patel, A.V., Petruzella, S., Prescott, J., Risch, H.A., Rosenberg, L., Sherman, M.E., Shu, X.O., Spurdle, A.B., Vecchia, C.L., Vivo, I.D., Webb, P.M., Weiderpass, E., Wise, L.A., Xiang, Y.B., Xu, W., Yang, H.P., Yu, H., Zeleniuch-Jacquotte, A.   +40 more
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IUD embedment in the fallopian tube: An unexpected location for a translocated IUD

Radiology Case Reports, 2018
Intrauterine devices (IUDs) are the most common form of contraceptive used worldwide. The imaging features of IUDs and their potential complications are crucial to recognize in order to determine adequate positioning and ultimately function of the IUD ...
Alyssa R. Goldbach, Sana Hava, Harshad Patel, Mansoor Khan   +3 more
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Long-term indwelling copper intrauterine device (IUD) found during primary infertility work up

Radiology Case Reports, 2020
Infertility is a public health concern worldwide. Hysterosalpingogram is a useful diagnostic tool to both evaluate the contours of the uterine cavity and to assess tubal patency.
Mayer Rubin, BS, Raphaella DaSilva, MD, Donald Phillibert, Jr, MD, FACOG, Mark Guelfguat, DO   +3 more
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Ex-vivo forces associated with intrauterine device placement and perforation: a biomechanical evaluation of hysterectomy specimens

BMC Women's Health, 2021
Background This biomechanical analysis of hysterectomy specimens assesses the forces associated with intrauterine device placement. These include compressive forces required to cause uterine perforation with two commonly available commercial intrauterine
Jane Duncan, Kathryn Fay, Jessica Sanders, Benjamin Cappiello, Jane Saviers-Steiger, David K. Turok   +5 more
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Effect of Staff Training and Cost Support on Provision of Long-Acting Reversible Contraception in Community Health Centers [PDF]

, 2019
Objective To compare the proportion of women receiving same-day long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) between two different models of contraceptive provision adapted from the Contraceptive CHOICE Project. Study Design We used a controlled time-
Buckel, Christina, Goodman, Melody, Madden, Tessa, Maddipati, Ragini, Peipert, Jeffrey F.   +4 more
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Foreign body granuloma in the anterior abdominal wall mimicking an acute appendicular lump and induced by a translocated copper-T intrauterine contraceptive device: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2009
Introduction Intrauterine contraceptive devices may at times perforate and migrate to adjacent organs. Such uterine perforation usually passes unnoticed with development of potentially serious complications. Case presentation A 25-year-old woman of North
Ansari Maulana Mohammed, Harris Syed Hasan, Haleem Shahla, Fareed Rehan, Khan Mohammed Feroz   +4 more
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Levonorgestrel vs. Copper Intrauterine Devices for Emergency Contraception

New England Journal of Medicine, 2021
In the United States, more intrauterine device (IUD) users select levonorgestrel IUDs than copper IUDs for long-term contraception. Currently, clinicians offer only copper IUDs for emergency contraception because data are lacking on the efficacy of the levonorgestrel IUD for this purpose.This randomized noninferiority trial, in which participants were ...
David K. Turok, Alexandra Gero, Rebecca G. Simmons, Jennifer E. Kaiser, Gregory J. Stoddard, Corinne D. Sexsmith, Lori M. Gawron, Jessica N. Sanders   +7 more
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Practical Advice for Emergency IUD Contraception in Young Women

Obstetrics and Gynecology International, 2015
Too few women are aware of the very high efficacy of intrauterine copper devices (IUDs) to prevent pregnancy after unprotected intercourse. Women who frequently engage in unprotected intercourse or seek emergency contraception (EC) are at high risk of ...
Norman D. Goldstuck, Dirk Wildemeersch
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