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- Title
Was this uterine perforation properly managed? Complications following IUD removal were the focus of this lawsuit.
- Authors
KAPLAN, ANDREW I.
- Abstract
The article discusses a U.S. lawsuit filed by a patient after she experienced complications following the removal of her intrauterine device (IUD). The plaintiff reported complications such as abdominal pain with foul-smelling discharge, vaginal spotting, and fever. The plaintiff's lawyer claimed that her doctor discharged her despite a suspicion of a perforation.
- Subjects
TREATMENT of abdominal pain; ESTROGEN replacement therapy; ORAL contraceptives; PELVIC inflammatory disease diagnosis; UTERINE diseases; OXYCODONE; IBUPROFEN; UTERINE rupture; DRUG therapy; MORPHINE; PELVIC pain; LEVONORGESTREL; ERGOMETRINE; ACETAMINOPHEN; ERYTHROCYTES; ANEMIA; COMPUTED tomography; DIGESTIVE system diseases; ENDOSCOPIC ultrasonography; HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITAL emergency services; INTRAUTERINE contraceptives; LAPAROSCOPY; INTRAOPERATIVE care; MYOMETRIUM; PATIENT compliance; SURGICAL complications; UTERINE hemorrhage; VAGINAL hysterectomy; WOMEN'S health services; DISEASE management; DISCHARGE planning; MEDICAL device removal; DILATATION &; curettage; UTERINE fundus; PREVENTION; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Contemporary OB/GYN, 2018, Vol 63, Issue 8, p41
- ISSN
0090-3159
- Publication type
Article