Magnetic resonance imaging and gynecological devices

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• 作者：Lú ; cia Correia^a ; ^{luciaaccorreia@gmail.com} ; Ana Beatriz Ramos^b ; Ana Isabel Machado^a ; Duarte Rosa^a ; Carlos Marques^a
• 关键词：Magnetic resonance imaging ; Intrauterine devices ; Implanon® ; Essure®
• 刊名：Contraception
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：71_00107824
• 类别：med
• 出版时间：June, 2012
• 卷：85
• 期：6
• 页码：538-543
• 文件大小：232 K

摘要

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庐 and Essure庐.

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 鈮?.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.