Abstract
Background
Performing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) on women with gynecological devices is
a completely accepted practice. The goal of our review is to assess how safe it is
to perform MRI on women using contraceptive implants or devices.
Study Design
Literature review, searching in PubMed-Medline/Ovid for the following keywords: magnetic
resonance imaging, intrauterine devices, Implanon�� and Essure��.
Results
Though plastic devices do not represent a contraindication to the use of the technique,
those including metallic components have been submitted to several tests, after which
they were classified as MR Conditional (devices presenting no risks in MR-specific environments) by the Food and Drug Administration.
Thus, the use of MRI can be safely advised to women with this type of device as long
as the magnetic resonance equipment is ���3.0 T.
Conclusions
Presently, there is no scientific evidence that contraindicates performing MRI on
women with any kind of gynecological device. Therefore, this procedure is safe as
long as it is performed under previously tested conditions.
Keywords
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: December 02, 2011
Accepted:
October 19,
2011
Received in revised form:
October 16,
2011
Received:
November 22,
2010
Footnotes
���No funding was provided for this study.
������Declaration of interest: The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper. The authors stated no financial relationship to disclose.
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