normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 background : adhesions, as abnormal scared tissue, are common following gynecological operations and can cause chronic pelvic pain, infertility, poor outcomes of future surgeries, and intestinal obstruction. oxygen free radicals are known as one of the main causes of adhesion formation. this study is to evaluate the effect...

We report a series of 38 patients with intra-uterine devices with lost strings where hysteroscopic aid was required after routine retrieval procedures failed. Thirty-five intra-uterine devices could be removed easily with hysteroscope. In one patient a fragmented Lippes Loop was removed piecemeal hysteroscopically. Laparotomy was required in only one patient, for an extra-uterine Copper T. Hyst...

Though intrauterine contraceptive device (IUCD) is a safe and most frequently used long-term contraceptive method, it has some complications. Uterine perforation and intra-abdominal migration have been reported often, but a retroperitoneal migration is exceptional. Here, we are reporting an IUCD which perforated the uterus and migrated to the retroperitoneum; impinging into and obstructing left...