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Journal Pre-proofsDifficult etonogestrel implant removals in South Africa: a review of 74 refer‐red casesGregory Petro, Trevi Spence, Malika Patel, Alida M. Gertz, Chelsea MorroniPII:S0010-7824(20)30128-1DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.contraception.2020.04.013Reference:CON 9428To appear in:ContraceptionReceived Date:11 August 2019Revised Date:15 April 2020Accepted Date:19 April 2020Please cite this article as: G. Petro, T. Spence, M. Patel, A.M. Gertz, C. Morroni, Difficult etonogestrel implantremovals in South Africa: a review of 74 referred cases, Contraception (2020), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.contraception.2020.04.013This is a PDF file of an article that has undergone enhancements after acceptance, such as the addition of a coverpage and metadata, and formatting for readability, but it is not yet the definitive version of record. This versionwill undergo additional copyediting, typesetting and review before it is published in its final form, but we areproviding this version to give early visibility of the article. Please note that, during the production process, errorsmay be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain.© 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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11Title2Difficult etonogestrel implant removals in South Africa: a review of 74 referred cases 34Authors5Gregory Petro1 MBChB (UCT) FCOG (SA); Trevi Spence1 MBChB (UCT) FCOG (SA); Malika 6Patel2 MBChB (UCT) FCOG (SA), Alida M. Gertz3 MD, MPH, MSc, DTM&H; Chelsea 7Morroni 4,5,6,7 MBChB, PhD89Affiliations101Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology: New Somerset Hospital and University of Cape 11Town, Cape Town, South Africa; 2Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology: Groote Schuur 12Hospital and University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. 3Botswana Harvard 13HIV/AIDS Institute Partnership, Gaborone, Botswana. 4Department of International Public 14Health, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK. 5Women’s Health Research 15Unit, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, 16South Africa. 6Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, 17Johannesburg, South Africa. 7Botswana UPenn Partnership, Gaborone, Botswana.1819Corresponding author 20Alida Maria Gertz, MD, MPH, MSc, DTM&H21Botswana Harvard HIV/AIDS Institute Partnership 22Private Bag BO 320, Gaborone, Botswana23Tel: +14076376449