[Infectious complications of intrauterine devices]. / Complications infectieuses sous sterilet.

PIP: 5 descriptions of uterine infections caused by an IUD are given. The symptoms are leukorrhea and metroraghia. The antibiotic treatment must be accompanied by removal of the IUD. If symptoms are ignored, the infections become worse, with serious results. 2 of the cases needed drastic surgery and another became sterile. Close surveillance is necessary to avoid such infections and to provide careful treatment if they occur. Prevention should include avoiding IUD use in those who have never given birth, or at the time of curettage.^ieng

[Radio-anatomy of uterine malformations]. / Radio-anatomie des malformations utérines

33 cases of uterine anomalies were studied from the external morphological point of views as well as by hysterography. These cases were grouped according to R. Mussel's classification (1964) which is itself the synthesis of radiological and anatomical investigations.