Norplant coercion.

Norplant™ Cellulitis

A 23-year-old woman presented to her gynecologist’s ofrice with a complaint of redness and tenderness at the site of her Norplan(TM, inserted 2 years prior. One week prior to presentation she had lacerated her fingertip while diving in the Bahamas (Fig. 1). Examination revealed erythema and tenderness overlying the NorplantTM site (Fig. 2). A course of orally administered trimethoprim/sulfameth...

Norplant: the new scarlet letter?

[W]hat is it but to laugh in the faces of our godly magistrates, and make a pride out of what they, worthy gentlemen, meant for a punishment?1 Hester Prynne lived in the eighteenth century in an early New England, Puritan colony and is a character of Nathaniel Hawthorne's classic Ameri-can novel, The Scarlet Letter. 2 Darlene Johnson was born in 1964 and presently lives in California.' Except f...

Endometrial biopsy collection from women receiving Norplant.

A series of 191 endometrial biopsy procedures were performed on Indonesian women who had received between 3 and 12 months exposure to Norplant. In all, 87 biopsy procedures were attempted with a microhysteroscope using biopsy forceps, and 104 procedures were attempted with either Pipelle or Karman suction curettes. Regardless of the biopsy method, diagnosable endometrium was obtained in only ap...

Norplant: the uses of a new contraceptive.

Norplant is a subdermal implant providing contraceptive protection over a five-year period. After worldwide trials, it has been available in the UK since September 1993. The author discusses the mode of action of this contraceptive method, its efficacy, advantages and disadvantages and describes the procedure for insertion of the implants.

Cryptic coercion.