Misplaced Intrauterine Contraceptive Devices: Common Errors; Uncommon Complications

Abstract

Contraception is essential in a developing country like India. Intrauterine Contraceptive Devices (IUCDs) are amongst the most frequently used methods of contraception. The patients with misplaced IUCDs may present with pregnancies or ‘lost strings’ or they may remain asymptomatic.

Keywords

• misplaced iucds
• copper-t in the sigmoid colon
• copper-t in the urinary bladder
• an intravesical calculus over an iucd