Intraoperative ultrasound guidance for hysteroscopic retrieval of intrauterine foreign bodies.

Retained bony fragments after a therapeutic abortion represent a rare complication of this gynecologic procedure. Management has been previously described to include blind dilatation and curettage, hysterectomy, and in select cases and with variable success, hysteroscopy. We describe a case of retained bones after a second-trimester abortion managed by operative hysteroscopy using a resectoscope and wire loop under intraoperative transabdominal ultrasound guidance.