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ArticleCureus2023

Long-Term Retained Lippes Loop Intrauterine Device Causes Vesicouterine Fistula.

Sean A Briceno, Matthew R Brown, Andrew B Herson, Steven T Fischer, Kevin D Healey, Brooke T Miller, Michael W Fountain

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Article in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 40% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Spontaneous Fracture of Copper Intrauterine Devices: A Decade-Long Retrospective Analysis From a Single Tertiary Center.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sean A BricenoUrology, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Bradenton, USA.
Matthew R BrownUrology, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Bradenton, USA.
Andrew B HersonUrology, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Bradenton, USA.
Steven T FischerUrology, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Bradenton, USA.
Kevin D HealeyUrology, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Bradenton, USA.
Brooke T MillerUrology, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Bradenton, USA.
Michael W FountainUrology, AdventHealth Waterman, Tavares, USA.
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This case report discusses a 77-year-old female patient who presented to an outpatient clinic with urinary symptoms and recurrent UTIs. Imaging revealed a foreign body, which was later confirmed as a retained intrauterine device (IUD) that had caused a vesicouterine fistula (VUF). The patient had a medical history of cervical cancer treated with radiation therapy, during which her IUD's string could not be located, leading to the decision to proceed with radiation therapy without removing the IUD. The patient opted to manage her condition medically rather than undergo surgical removal due to concerns about worsening the vesicouterine fistula. This case highlights the potential risks and complications of retained IUDs, and the importance of careful consideration and communication among clinical teams and patients when managing these situations.

Indexed as

contraceptioniud devicelippes loopmigrated intrauterine devicevesico-uterine fistula

Identifiers

PMID37252518
PMCPMC10224777
OpenAlexW4367172869

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