Thapa Shekhar, Dangal Ganesh, Karki Aruna, Pradhan Hema Kumari, Shrestha Ranjana, Bhattachan Kabin, Pokharel Shreesiya, Paudel Rekha, Bajracharya Nishma
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Kathmandu Model Hospital, Exhibition Road, Nepal.
J Nepal Health Res Counc. 2018 Oct 30;16(3):354-356.
An intrauterine contraceptive device (IUD) is a long acting, highly effective, economic and reversible method of contraception used worldwide. The most used devices are copper IUD (Copper-T) or Progesterone IUD. Common complications include failed insertion, pain, vasovagal reactions, infection, menstrual abnormalities, expulsion and rarely uterine embedment and perforation. In this case series we will discuss three cases of missing Copper-T. In one case Copper T was inserted at our hospital and in the other cases it was inserted in the periphery and all the cases was managed surgically with different modality. Keywords: Copper-T; Intrauterine device; laparoscopy; laparotomy; perforation.
