Removal of extrauterine IUDs by the vaginal route with laparoscopic assistance

Sheth, S.S.

Advances in Contraception the Official Journal of the Society for the Advancement of Contraception 4(3): 213-216

1988


ISSN/ISBN: 0267-4874
PMID: 2977056
DOI: 10.1007/bf01849440
Document Number: 363509
Although laparoscopy is the preferred method of removing extrauterine IUDs, occasionally removal is complicated, especially if the IUD is encased in omentum. This paper reports on five such cases in which the extrauterine IUDs were removed vaginally through a posterior colpotomy with laparoscopic assistance.

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Removal of extrauterine IUDs by the vaginal route with laparoscopic assistance