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| | Chapter 3.1: Insertion Technique, Population Reports, Series B, Number 6 |
 | | The objective of IUD insertion is to place the IUD correctly while minimizing the woman's discomfort and the risk of complications. |
 | | Instead, the provider may ask the client to return during her menstrual period, when insertion may be easier, or refer her to a more experienced provider, who may use dilators, with or without paracervical anesthesia, if the cervical canal is narrow. |
 | | Insertion failures are rare—2 to 8 per 1,000 attempted insertions—and are usually due to excessive pain or to the larger size of inserter used with some types of IUDs (63). |
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