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We present a case of a lost broken needle during repair of a vaginal tear following delivery. The woman was not informed at that time. Only twenty years later a pelvic X-ray visualised the fragment by chance. From that day on she complained about lower abdominal chronic pain and insisted on a hysterectomy. The case considers moving of foreign bodies and as a cause of chronic pain and relates to open information even 20 years later.
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Received: 25 March 2000 / Accepted: 8 April 2000
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Hösli, I., Tercanli, S. & Holzgreve, W. Complications of lost needle after suture of vaginal tear following delivery. Arch Gynecol Obstet 264, 159–161 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004040000086
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s004040000086