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Early implant removal: an ethical dilemma
  1. Sarwat Bari, MFSRH, DipGUM
  1. Uma Kulkarni, MFSRH, DGO
  1. Gillian Robinson, MD, FFSRH
  1. Specialty Doctor, Sexual and Reproductive Health, Guys and St Thomas’ Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Artesian Health Centre, London, UK; sarwat.bari@southwarkpct.nhs.uk
  2. Specialty Doctor, Sexual and Reproductive Health, Guys and St Thomas’ Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Artesian Health Centre, London, UK; uma.kulkarni@southwarkpct.nhs.uk
  3. Associate Specialist, Sexual and Reproductive Health, Guys and St Thomas’ Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Artesian Health Centre, London, UK; gillian.robinson@southwarkpct.nhs.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/jfprhc-2012-100541

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    A 29-year-old woman recently presented to our service, having attempted to remove her contraceptive implant (Implanon®). She had a knife wound on her arm near the distal end of the implant and the surrounding skin was inflamed. The patient told us that she had had the implant fitted at the time she underwent termination of pregnancy 6 months …

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