The shifting in position or location of an INTRAUTERINE DEVICE from its original placement.

Contraceptive devices placed high in the uterine fundus.

Intrauterine contraceptive devices that depend on the release of metallic copper.

Migration of a foreign body from its original location to some other location in the body.

Intrauterine devices that release contraceptive agents.

Spontaneous loss of INTRAUTERINE DEVICES from the UTERUS.

A hole or break through the wall of the UTERUS, usually made by the placement of an instrument or INTRAUTERINE DEVICES.

Chemical substances or agents with contraceptive activity in females. Use for female contraceptive agents in general or for which there is no specific heading.

A synthetic progestational hormone with actions similar to those of PROGESTERONE and about twice as potent as its racemic or (+-)-isomer (NORGESTREL). It is used for contraception, control of menstrual disorders, and treatment of endometriosis.

Device constructed of either synthetic or biological material that is used for the repair of injured or diseased blood vessels.

An abnormal balloon- or sac-like dilatation in the wall of the ABDOMINAL AORTA which gives rise to the visceral, the parietal, and the terminal (iliac) branches below the aortic hiatus at the diaphragm.

Prevention of CONCEPTION by blocking fertility temporarily, or permanently (STERILIZATION, REPRODUCTIVE). Common means of reversible contraception include NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING METHODS; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS; or CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES.

Surgical insertion of BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESES to repair injured or diseased blood vessels.

Infections with bacteria of the genus ACTINOMYCES.

Contraceptive devices used by females.

A spectrum of inflammation involving the female upper genital tract and the supporting tissues. It is usually caused by an ascending infection of organisms from the endocervix. Infection may be confined to the uterus (ENDOMETRITIS), the FALLOPIAN TUBES; (SALPINGITIS); the ovaries (OOPHORITIS), the supporting ligaments (PARAMETRITIS), or may involve several of the above uterine appendages. Such inflammation can lead to functional impairment and infertility.

Removal of an implanted therapeutic or prosthetic device.

Devices that diminish the likelihood of or prevent conception. (From Dorland, 28th ed)

Health care programs or services designed to assist individuals in the planning of family size. Various methods of CONTRACEPTION can be used to control the number and timing of childbirths.

Means of postcoital intervention to avoid pregnancy, such as the administration of POSTCOITAL CONTRACEPTIVES to prevent FERTILIZATION of an egg or implantation of a fertilized egg (OVUM IMPLANTATION).

An accumulation of PUS in the uterine cavity (UTERUS). Pyometra generally indicates the presence of infections.

Unintended accidental pregnancy, including pregnancy resulting from failed contraceptive measures.

A medical-surgical specialty concerned with the physiology and disorders primarily of the female genital tract, as well as female endocrinology and reproductive physiology.

Stones in the URINARY BLADDER; also known as vesical calculi, bladder stones, or cystoliths.

Bleeding from blood vessels in the UTERUS, sometimes manifested as vaginal bleeding.

Behavior patterns of those practicing CONTRACEPTION.

A musculomembranous sac along the URINARY TRACT. URINE flows from the KIDNEYS into the bladder via the ureters (URETER), and is held there until URINATION.

An abnormal concretion occurring mostly in the urinary and biliary tracts, usually composed of mineral salts. Also called stones.

Inanimate objects that become enclosed in the body.

Tumors or cancer of the URINARY BLADDER.

Temporary or permanent diversion of the flow of urine through the ureter away from the URINARY BLADDER in the presence of a bladder disease or after cystectomy. There is a variety of techniques: direct anastomosis of ureter and bowel, cutaneous ureterostomy, ileal, jejunal or colon conduit, ureterosigmoidostomy, etc. (From Campbell's Urology, 6th ed, p2654)

Surgical formation of an opening in the ureter for external drainage of the urine; cutaneous route utilizes a ureteral orifice emerging through the skin.