CONTENTS

        Chapters
  1. Background
  2. IUD Performance
  3. Insertion
  4. Removal
  5. Infection
  6. Worldwide Use
  7. IUDs in Family Planning Programs

HIGHLIGHTS

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Volume XXIII, Number 5
December 1995
Postabortion Insertion
Conception can occur as early as 10 days after abortion. Therefore effective contraception is needed immediately (34). IUDs can safely be inserted after spontaneous or induced abortion except in women with pelvic infections or septic abortion (211, 436, 445, 565). WHO studies show moderate expulsion rates associated with IUD insertion following first-trimester abortions—ranging at two years from 5 to 9 per 100 women after induced abortion and from 10 to 14 after spontaneous abortion. With IUD insertion following second-trimester abortion, rates of expulsion and of removal for pain and for other medical reasons are markedly higher (436, 445).

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