A French survey of contraceptive implant migration to the pulmonary artery

To quantify implant migration to the pulmonary artery in France since 2012 and to describe the diagnoses and treatments. We surveyed 780 physicians of the French national implant-referral network, the French Society of Chest and Cardiovascular Surgery, and the French Radiology Society about diagnosi...

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Published inContraception (Stoneham) Vol. 100; no. 4; pp. 255 - 257
Main Authors Ohannessian, Alexandra, Levy, Alain, Jaillant, Noémie, Tanguy Le Gac, Yan, D'Journo, Xavier, Vidal, Vincent, Agostini, Aubert
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier Inc 01.10.2019
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Contraception
Contraceptive implant
Migration
Pulmonary artery
Contraception
Contraceptive implant
Migration
Pulmonary artery
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Summary:To quantify implant migration to the pulmonary artery in France since 2012 and to describe the diagnoses and treatments. We surveyed 780 physicians of the French national implant-referral network, the French Society of Chest and Cardiovascular Surgery, and the French Radiology Society about diagnosis of implant migration to the pulmonary artery vasculature. We evaluated total implant insertions in France using data from the Medic'AM database. We identified 12 cases from 2012 to 2017. Ten of the cases were asymptomatic. Five devices were removed via interventional radiology, five surgically, and two were left in place. The number of insertions in France during the same years was approximately 1,200,000. Pulmonary artery migration following contraceptive implant insertion is rare with a migration incidence of 1 in 100,000. Most cases were diagnosed incidentally.
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ISSN:0010-7824
1879-0518
DOI:10.1016/j.contraception.2019.05.016