Medico-Legal Update
  • Year: 2012
  • Volume: 12
  • Issue: 1

Fatal Uterine Perforation by Intrauterine Contraceptive Device- A Case Report and Review of Literature

  • Author:
  • Amit Sharma1, P C Dikshit2, Sukhvinder Singh Basran3
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 44 to 45

1Department of Forensic Medicine, Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, New Delhi

2Department of Forensic Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi

3Department of Orthopedics, Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi

Online published on 24 February, 2012.

Abstract

Intrauterine devices (IUDs) remain one of the main methods of choice for birth control in the world, especially in developing countries. Uterine perforation by an IUD is a rare but important complication of IUD use. Here a case was reported in which a 25 yrs old female, having a history of IUD insertion 3 months after delivery suddenly collapsed and the PM examination revealed the perforation of the uterus with the IUD lying in the adjacent region.

Keywords

Uterine perforation; intrauterine contraceptive device; death