Descrição:
We conducted a prospective study at the University of Campinas Faculty of Medical Sciences, Campinas, SP, Brazil. We included women who requested IUD removal. We excluded women with partial IUD expulsion in which the IUD was protruded at the external os. We identified as IUD difficult removal when the removal is challenging, including the inability to visualize IUD strings extending from the cervical os. A total of 869 women participated