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  • Title: [Presentation of a new IUD: the "Ombrelle 250"].
    Author: Audebert AJ, Emperaire JC, Larue-charlus S.
    Journal: Contracept Fertil Sex (Paris); 1985 Sep; 13(9):967-71. PubMed ID: 12267500.
    Abstract:
    The Ombrelle 250 is a new copper IUD designed and produced in France. Its plastic support has the overall shape of an open umbrella. A copper wire with a surface of 250 sq mm is wrapped around the vertical arm of a T. The device is characterized by great flexibility. 497 devices were inserted by 3 gynecologists between January 1975-October 1982. 134 patients were aged 29 or under, 270 were 30-40, and 93 were 40 or over. 29 had no children, 132 had 1 child, and 336 had 2 or more children. Several women using the device had risk factors for IUD use, including 22 who had experienced expulsions of previous devices, 9 who became pregnant while using IUDs, and 35 who had IUDs removed for poor tolerance. 5 had had ectopic pregnancies, 6 had diabetes, 1 had corticotherapy, and 2 had cervical-isthmic disproportions. At the end of the 3rd study year, the number of cycles of use was 13,768 while 13.5% of patients had been lost to follow-up. The cumulative failure rate after 36 months was .9% and the Pearl index was .4/woman year. 5 pregnancies occurred including 1 extrauterine pregnancy and 1 pregnancy in a woman previously becoming pregnant while using a copper IUD. 4 total or partial expulsions were observed for a rate of .6/woman year at 12 months and a cumulative net expulsion rate of .6 after 3 years. 1 of the 4 expulsions was in a woman who had previously expelled a device. The net removal rate for pain and bleeding was 1.9/100 woman years at 12 months, and the cumulative rate at 3 years was 4/100 woman years. 16 other devices were removed for medical reasons during the 3 years, for a cumulative net removal rate of 2.8% at 3 years. 5 removals were done for endometritis or upper genital infections. Study of 66 endometrial biopsies obtained during IUD removals showed no anomalies apart from 2 cases of endometritis. The continuation rate was 87% at 2 years and 83.9% at 3 years. 16 devices were removed to permit pregnancy. 11 of 14 women followed up for at least 3 months became pregnant.
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