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Preliminary report on a postpartum CuT 200 study, Santiago, Chile
Author(s) -
Lavin Pablo,
Waszak Cynthia,
Bravo Carmen
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/0020-7292(83)90073-5
Subject(s) - medicine , pelvic inflammatory disease , obstetrics , incidence (geometry) , fertility , gynecology , population , surgery , physics , environmental health , optics
An analysis is presented of a study of the Copper‐T 200 (CuT 200) intrauterine device at the Barros Luco Hospital in Santiago, Chile. The devices were inserted in 1142 postpartum patients. The expulsion rate was high, 32.1% at 3 months. Of the 372 women who expelled devices, 349 received a replacement CuT 200. The expulsion rate for these reinsertions was 7.7% at 12 months with a continuation rate of 86.4%