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Retrieval of intrauterine contraceptive devices with missing tails, using Lamicel
Author(s) -
JOHNSON NICHOLAS,
MOODLEY JACK
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1988.tb06487.x
Subject(s) - medicine , outpatient clinic , intrauterine device , family planning , obstetrics , gynecology , research methodology , medical physics , population , environmental health
Summary. Preliminary cervical dilatation using Lamicel, followed by relatively painless uterine probing was successful in removing 30 of 31 contraceptive devices that had not been removable in the outpatient clinic. This technique is simple, safe, inexpensive and well tolerated. It can be utilized to retrieve intrauterine contraceptive devices with missing tails when other conventional clinic procedures fail.