Risks of the IUD for young women
Dukkers van Emden, D.M.; van der Maas, P.J.
Nederlands Tijdschrift Voor Geneeskunde 128(27): 1272-1276
1984
ISSN/ISBN: 0028-2162 PMID: 6462275 Document Number: 406022
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)