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  • Title: [Intrauterine contraception as a valid alternative].
    Author: Di Felice F.
    Journal: Aggiorn Ostet Ginecol; 1977; 10(5):387-95. PubMed ID: 12261997.
    Abstract:
    151 patients, wearers of copper Gravigard, were observed for a total of 2244 months, i.e. 187 woman-years, to study the contraceptive effectiveness of this type of IUD. There were 4 caSes of unwanted pregnancy, a Pearl index of 2.13%. This percentage is a positive one, since a contraceptive method is considered very effective if its failure rate is equal or below 2% per 100 woman-years. It must be noted that in all 4 cases there had been a partial expulsion of the IUD, which had dislocated into the cervical canal. When IUD insertion is carefully performed, IUD effectiveness should be 100%. No serious side effects were noted in the cases considered; there was, however, an 18% of cases of menstruation disorders, especially metrorrhagia and menorrhagia, which were easily and successfully treated with administration of estroprogestational agents.
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