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COPPER INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES IN ADOLESCENT NULLIPARAE
Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1978.tb10482.x
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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 85, Issue 3, pages 204–206, March 1978
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Weiner, E., Berg, A. Å. and Johansson, I. (1978), COPPER INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES IN ADOLESCENT NULLIPARAE. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 85: 204–206. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1978.tb10482.x
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Summary
Copper intrauterine contraceptive devices (IUCDs) were used in 243 young nulligravidae attending a gynaecological clinic for schoolgirls in Uppsala between March 1973 and June 1975; 226 of these girls (93 per cent) were seen again during December 1975 making a total of 3138 months of observation. At the time of follow up, 126 patients (55.8 per cent) still had the IUCD in situ; 20 per cent had expelled the IUCD and in another 24.2 per cent the IUCD had been removed because of bleeding and/or pain or because of suspected pelvic inflammatory disease (7 patients). Twelve of the girls conceived during the period of observation making the Pearl index 4. 6; nine of the conceptions occurred within nine months of the insertion of the IUCD. Unlike others we do not advocate the use of the IUCD for young nulligravidae.