Systematic Review of Postfertilization Effects and Potential for Embryo Formation and Loss during the Use of Intrauterine Devices

Cara Buskmiller, Donna Harrison, Lester A Ruppersberger, Patrick P Yeung Jr

The Linacre Quarterly

June 27, 2019

There are no randomized trials and evidence ranges in quality, but evidence for the embryo formation and loss in 4.5 percent of IUD users exists in good-quality research. Further research is needed to compare embryo loss in IUD users to loss in controls.

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Linacre Quarterly
Official journal of the Catholic Medical Association

The oldest continuously published bioethics journal in the United States, it explores issues at the interface of medicine and religion, focusing on bioethics and also exploring medical topics which have an ethical dimension.