title: Fincoid--a new copper IUD: a preliminary report.
abstract: Fincoid, a new copper IUD, was tested on a single clinic basis in a preliminary series of 956 1st insertions and 10,015 woman-months of use with an individual follow-up of 12 months.  458 (48%) of the women were nulliparous and 498 (52%) were parous.  About 1/3 of the women had previously discontinued the use of other types of IUDs (mostly copper) because of side effects.  The 1st segment of net cumulative rates for the whole series were:  pregnancy 1.1, expulsion 4.7, removal for bleeding and/or pain 7.6 and removal for infection 0.8.  The continuation rate was 78.9 and the percentage lost to follow-up was 2.8%.  The parous group had a higher continuation rate (81) than the nulliparous group (76).  Rates for pregnancy, expulsion, and infection in the nulliparous group were about 2-fold the corresponding rates of the parous group.  There was no difference in the removal rate for bleeding and/or pain between the 2 parity groups.  The results of the study show that the Fincoid is a valid method of intrauterine contraception.
mesh_terms: D017677:Age Distribution; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D003267:Contraception; D003300:Copper; D019049:Developed Countries; D003933:Diagnosis; D004467:Economics; D004864:Equipment and Supplies; D005060:Europe; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005193:Family Planning Services; D005387:Finland; D006470:Hemorrhage; D007287:Inorganic Chemicals; D007434:Intrauterine Devices; D008670:Metals; D010146:Pain; D010298:Parity; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D020959:Polyethylene; D011247:Pregnancy; D018873:Pregnancy Rate; D011271:Pregnancy, Ectopic; D012106:Research; D012153:Retention, Psychology; D012537:Scandinavian and Nordic Countries; D013672:Technology
chemical_list: D007287:Inorganic Chemicals; D008670:Metals; D003300:Copper; D020959:Polyethylene
keywords: Acceptor Characteristics; Age Distribution; Bleeding; Clinical Research; Contraception; Contraception Termination--statistics; Contraceptive Effectiveness; Contraceptive Methods; Copper; Developed Countries; Economic Factors; Equipment And Supplies; Europe; Examinations And Diagnoses; Family Planning; Finland; Ingredients And Chemicals; Inorganic Chemicals; Insertion; Iud; Iud Material; Metals; Northern Europe; Nulliparity; Pain; Parity; Polyethylene; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Rate; Pregnancy, Ectopic; Research And Development; Research Methodology; Retention--statistics; Scandinavia; Size; Technology; Use-effectiveness