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Intrauterine small bowel entrapment and obstruction complicating suction abortion

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A patient is presented in whom small bowel obstruction occurred after a suction abortion. During the abortion the uterus was perforated and small bowel drawn into the uterus where it became entrapped and obstructed. The diagnosis and treatment are discussed.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Colin R. McArdle M.D. & Ronald P. Goldberg

  2. Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    William S. Rachlin

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McArdle, C.R., Goldberg, R.P. & Rachlin, W.S. Intrauterine small bowel entrapment and obstruction complicating suction abortion. Gastrointest Radiol 9, 239–240 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01887843

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