Today, the intrauterine device (IUD) is by far the most popular form of long term reversible contraception in the world. Side effects from the IUD are minimal and complications are rare. Uterine perforation and migration of the IUD outside the uterine cavity are the most serious complications. Physician visualization and/or the patient feeling retrieval threads at the cervical os are confirmati...

Gestational trophoblastic neoplasms (GTN) are proliferative degenerative disorders of placental elements and include complete or partial mole (90%), invasivemole (5-8%), choriocarcinoma (1-2%) and placental site tumor (1-2%). Chorioadenoma destruens is a trophoblastic tumor, characterized by myometrial invasion through direct extension or via venous channels. We present a case of invasive mole ...

BACKGROUND Over the years, hysteroscopy has been increasingly performed for various gynecological disorders. In this study, we present a review of hysteroscopic procedures performed over a 2-year period analyzing the complications associated with it. METHODS Seven hundred twenty-six hysteroscopic procedures performed at the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University of Kiel over a pe...

OBJECTIVE To compare the effectiveness and acceptability of outpatient polypectomy with inpatient polypectomy. DESIGN Pragmatic multicentre randomised controlled non-inferiority study. SETTING Outpatient hysteroscopy clinics in 31 UK National Health Service hospitals. PARTICIPANTS 507 women who attended as outpatients for diagnostic hysteroscopy because of abnormal uterine bleeding and we...

We report a rare case of suture material-related colon perforation. A 60-year-old woman visited clinics because the nonspecific abdominal discomfort for several months. There were no specific medical history except previous laparoscopic myomectomy 15 years ago. Colonoscopy and abdomen-pelvis computed tomography revealed an unknown foreign body penetrating sigmoid wall adjacent to uterus. perfor...

INTRODUCTION Uterine leiomyosarcomas are relatively uncommon soft tissue neoplasms and rarely metastases to small bowel. In the current case; a patient is suffering from intestinal perforation due to metastatic leiomyosarcoma of the small bowel. CASE PRESENTATION A 59-year-old woman underwent a modified radical mastectomy for infiltrating ductal cancer of the breast six years ago and a total ...

Placenta percreta is a rare but serious complication of pregnancy, and is rarely diagnosed in the second trimester of pregnancy. We report a very rare case of placenta percreta accompanied by spontaneous uterine rupture at 25-weeks of gestation. A 30-year-old woman with severe abdominal pain was admitted to our hospital at 25 weeks of gestation. A laparotomy was immediately performed because of...