BACKGROUND During the year following the birth of a child, 40% of women are estimated to have an unmet need for contraception. The copper IUD provides safe, effective, convenient, and long-term contraceptive protection that does not interfere with breastfeeding during the postpartum period. Postpartum IUD (PPIUD) insertion should be performed by a trained provider in the early postpartum period...

We have read with interest the article by Cohen et al. entitled “Twelve-month contraceptive continuation and repeat pregnancy among young mothers choosing post-delivery contraceptive implants or postplacental intrauterine devices” [1]. What strikes us time and time again in articles published on postplacental/postpartum insertion of IUDs is the unacceptable high total expulsion as well as the h...

PURPOSE The objective of this open randomized study was to compare the clinical performance of Nova T380 and Gyne T380 Slimline copper intrauterine devices (IUDs). MATERIALS AND METHODS Eligible for analyses were 957 Norwegian parous women aged 18-45 years. Clinical performance was measured upon the removal of IUD due to contraceptive failure, expulsion, bleeding, pain, pelvic inflammatory di...

Clinical studies have been reported over the last 5 years showing that copper improves the performance of intrauterine devices. Reports by Zipper, Medal, and Prager, 1 and Tatum and Zipper2 have substantiated a positive correlation between the surface area of copper applied to an IUD and its effectiveness both in lower mammals1 and in humans.2 The application of copper to Loop A3• 4 also has be...

RATIONALE Displacement of an intrauterine contraceptive device (IUD) is a rare and serious complication of IUD insertion. Theoretically, it can migrate to anywhere in the pelvic and abdominal cavity. However, it is not usual for an IUD to migrate to the bladder. PATIENT CONCERNS In this case report, we reported a patient with chronic urinary symptoms caused by the migration of an IUD into the...

Aim of study: To evaluate the effectiveness of using uterine artery color Doppler and location of intrauterine copper device by three dimensional transvaginal ultrasound in relation to abnormal vaginal bleeding and pain. Methods: Three dimensional transvaginal ultrasound examinations were carried out to 180 women 3-6 months after IUD insertion. Seventy six women were suffering from pain (groupI...

PURPOSE To evaluate the utility of a recently reported simple measure of brain atrophy on MR imaging, the interuncal distance (IUD). METHODS Measurements of the IUD were made over a 12-month interval in 10 patients with probable early Alzheimer disease and in a comparison group of age-matched healthy control subjects. The measurements were made in both the transaxial and coronal planes. RES...