Difficult removal of a deep implant using a traditional removal method

Difficult removal of a deep implant using a traditional removal method.

I read with great interest the correspondence from Dr Kandiyil and Dr Shepherd about implant removal in the July Journal and also Dr Menon’s letter in the October issue. Journal readers might be interested to hear about a recent patient of ours, who was referred to the central family planning (FP) clinic from a peripheral FP clinic for deep implant removal. This 27-year-old woman presented with...

Self-removal of a contraceptive implant.

A patient recently described to me her experience of self-removal of her contraceptive implant when registered elsewhere in the country. The implant had been in place for 4 months with unacceptable heavy bleeding. She was unable to fi nd a local service that would remove the implant and public transport was poor to the nearest clinic and she had no babysitter. The patient is right handed and th...

Early implant removal.

I read the letter on ‘Early implant removal: an ethical dilemma’ by Bari et al. in the January 2013 issue of the Journal with interest, a great feeling of disappointment and I shared the feelings of alarm with the authors. The piece reported a 29-year-old woman who was so dissatisfied with her subdermal implant that she attempted removal herself without anaesthetic and she broke the device. She...

Non-palpable implant removal.

IUD) is thought to act immediately by inhibiting sperm and ovum viability or preventing implantation.2 The LNG-IUS has a different contraceptive mechanism of action that relies on hormonal effects on the endometrium, cervical mucus and uterotubal transport, and thus has a delayed onset.2,3 This is the rationale for advising additional contraception for 7 days if a LNG-IUS is inserted after Day ...

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