Abstract

PINHO, António de; OLIVEIRA, Cristina  and  CARRAPATOSO, Cristina. Removal of a non-palpable broken contraceptive implant. Acta Obstet Ginecol Port [online]. 2020, vol.14, n.3, pp.189-190. ISSN 1646-5830.

The authors present a case of a non-palpable contraceptive implant removal. Imagiology techniques as an upper arm radiograph can be used to locate non-palpable implants, which can be either migrated, damaged or both. Broken implants are an unusual occurrence but, as shown through our case, this complication may not be associated with an impairment of the contraceptive efficacy.

Keywords : contraception; hormonal contraception; contraceptive agents.

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