So long as the IUD is then found to be intrauterine, it can be removed with a Facit ureteral stone forceps directed to where the device was localized. If the IUD cannot be grasped using the ...

Ami Claxton’s birth control method — an intrauterine device — expired 14 years ago. But she has been too scared to have it removed because of the excruciating pain she experienced the last ...

A partially perforated or embedded IUD should be removed; this can be accomplished via hysteroscopy or with cervical dilation and use of ring forceps under ultrasound guidance. The latter can be ...