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Big bladder stones around an intravesical migrated intrauterine device

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Spontaneous migration of the intrauterinedevices into the bladder and secondary stoneformation are rare complications. A 33-year-old women in whom a copper T intrauterinedevice had been placed two years previously, presented complaining of irritative lowerurinary tract symptoms. Intravesical migrationof intrauterine device and big stones around itwere confirmed by radiography and cystoscopy.The stones were fragmented by usingelectrohydraulic lithotriptor. And then allfragments of the stones and IUD werecystoscopically removed by a grasping forcepswithout any complication.

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  1. Department of Urology, Medical Faculty, Erciyes University, 38039, Kayseri, Turkey

    Deniz Demirci, Oğuz Ekmekçioğlu, Abdullah Demirtaş & İbrahim Gülmez

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Demirci, D., Ekmekçioğlu, O., Demirtaş, A. et al. Big bladder stones around an intravesical migrated intrauterine device. Int Urol Nephrol 35, 495–496 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:UROL.0000025624.15799.8d

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