Intrauterine device and pelvic inflammatory disease
Thaler, I.; Paldi, E.; Steiner, D.
International Journal of Fertility 23(1): 69-72
1978
ISSN/ISBN: 0020-725X PMID: 30713 Document Number: 267698
A retrospective study of 101 women who were hospitalized with an initial attack of acute pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) at the Rambam Medical Center in Haifa, Israel, between 1969-1975, was conducted. A control group was chosen which matched the study group for age, marital status, and interval since last pregnancy. The women were not matched on origin or socioeconomic status. Results of the study do not indicate a higher risk of PID among IUD wearers. These results conflict with results from 4 other recent studies. This study showed significant associations between incidence of PID and previous induced abortion and previous abdominal and pelvic operations. The PID patients had an average of 2.37 pregnancies as compared to an average of only 1.61 pregnancies among the non-PID controls.