1. Fincoid--a new copper IUD: a preliminary report.
- Author
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Hirvonen E, Kaivola S, and Timonen H
- Subjects
- Age Distribution, Chemical Phenomena, Chemistry, Contraception, Developed Countries, Diagnosis, Economics, Europe, Family Planning Services, Finland, Hemorrhage, Inorganic Chemicals, Metals, Pain, Parity, Patient Acceptance of Health Care, Polyethylene, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Rate, Pregnancy, Ectopic, Scandinavian and Nordic Countries, Technology, Copper, Equipment and Supplies, Evaluation Studies as Topic, Intrauterine Devices, Research, Retention, Psychology
- Abstract
Fincoid, a new copper IUD, was tested on a single clinic basis in a preliminary series of 956 1st insertions and 10,015 woman-months of use with an individual follow-up of 12 months. 458 (48%) of the women were nulliparous and 498 (52%) were parous. About 1/3 of the women had previously discontinued the use of other types of IUDs (mostly copper) because of side effects. The 1st segment of net cumulative rates for the whole series were: pregnancy 1.1, expulsion 4.7, removal for bleeding and/or pain 7.6 and removal for infection 0.8. The continuation rate was 78.9 and the percentage lost to follow-up was 2.8%. The parous group had a higher continuation rate (81) than the nulliparous group (76). Rates for pregnancy, expulsion, and infection in the nulliparous group were about 2-fold the corresponding rates of the parous group. There was no difference in the removal rate for bleeding and/or pain between the 2 parity groups. The results of the study show that the Fincoid is a valid method of intrauterine contraception.
- Published
- 1982