Perinatal outcomes including long-term neuropsychiatric hospitalizations of offspring conceived during intrauterine contraceptive device use

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Gali Pariente , Tamar Wainstock, Eyal Sheiner

Contraception Journal - August 2019

April 17, 2019

Pregnancies in women who conceive with a removed or retained copper IUD are at an increased risk for short-term adverse perinatal outcomes, especially preterm delivery. For pregnancies that continued to at least 22 weeks, we found no benefit in IUD removal. However, the risk of long-term neuropsychiatric hospitalizations is not increased among offspring of these women.

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