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  • Title: [Risks of the IUD for young women].
    Author: Dukkers van Emden DM, van der Maas PJ.
    Journal: Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd; 1984 Jul 07; 128(27):1272-6. PubMed ID: 6462275.
    Abstract:
    IUDs were inserted in 523 young nulligravidae in a family planning clinic. 466 of them were kept under regular observation for 12 months. In 78.5% of the cases, the IUD was still in situ 12 months following insertion. In 18.5%, medical reasons necessitated removal. The probability that an IUD will have to be removed and the risk of IUD expulsion are higher in women under age 20. Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) occurred in 12 women (2.5%), in 8 of them within 8 weeks postinsertion; in 6 cases (1%), this necessitated hospitalization. In the population examined, PID was found to have a statistically significantly higher incidence among women with different sex partners. Ascending infections do not occur more frequently in young women or in nulligravidae than in other women. (author's modified)
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