%0 Journal Article %A Shubha Sagar Trivedi %A Madhu Goel %A Sandhi Jain %T Hysteroscopic management of intra-uterine devices with lost strings %D 2000 %R 10.1783/147118900101194652 %J British Journal of Family Planning %P 229-230 %V 26 %N 4 %X We report a series of 38 patients with intra-uterine devices with lost strings where hysteroscopic aid was required after routine retrieval procedures failed. Thirty-five intra-uterine devices could be removed easily with hysteroscope. In one patient a fragmented Lippes Loop was removed piecemeal hysteroscopically. Laparotomy was required in only one patient, for an extra-uterine Copper T. Hysteroscopy is thus a simple, safe and effective method for removing misplaced intra-uterine devices. %U https://srh.bmj.com/content/familyplanning/26/4/229.full.pdf