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  • Title: Editorial: The end of the Dalkon shield.
    Journal: Med J Aust; 1975 Oct 04; 2(14):542. PubMed ID: 1196208.
    Abstract:
    The A.H. Robins Company has announced that because of unfavorable market prospects, it will not reintroduce a modified version of the Dalkon Shield, the original of which had been associated with cases of spontaneous septic abortion with the device in situ. The Advisory Committee of the FDA had suggested the Dalkon Shield be distributed under a formal registry and reporting system along with other major manufacturers for the collection of adequate data. The important point was that septic abortions had also been reported following pregnancy with retained IUDs of other types. After the report of the Committee, the FDA withdrew objections to the sale and distribution of the Dalkon Shield. The Robins Company was then experimenting with a modified version with a monofilament tail. It is suggested that if pregnancy intervenes with an IUD in situ, the IUD should if possible, be removed, even at the risk of disturbing the pregnancy.
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