PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Sellors, J. W.
TI  - The copper-7 intrauterine contraceptive device: 5-year evaluation
DP  - 1981 Oct 01
TA  - Canadian Medical Association Journal
PG  - 717--720
VI  - 125
IP  - 7
4099  - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/125/7/717.short
4100  - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/125/7/717.full
SO  - CMAJ1981 Oct 01; 125
AB  - Over a 5-year period a family practitioner inserted copper-7 (Cu-7 intrauterine contraceptive devices (IUDs) in 134 women. The rates of continued use after 2 years, 53.0% for the women's first IUD and 63.9% for all their IUDs, and of accidental pregnancy, 2.4%, are comparable to those in the literature. However, in this series the rate of expulsion was 0.8%, much lower than that in the literature. Fertility did not appear to be reduced in women who planned to have pregnancies after the device was removed. A carefully scrutinized technique of insertion and conscientious follow-up make the Cu-7 IUD an acceptable form of contraception for many patients in a family practice.