Rubber catheter eroding into the pelvic bone: An unusual complication of unsafe abortion

• Main Authors: Pranay Pawar (Author), Arpit Mathews (Author), Renji Mathew (Author), Navneet Kumar Chaudhry (Author), Himanshu Verma (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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A majority of unsafe abortions are performed by untrained quacks leading to multiple complications which contribute to significant maternal morbidity and mortality. We report an unusual and late complication of unsafe abortion, where a red rubber tube which was believed to be left in the patient...