TY - JOUR
T1 - The frameless GyneFix® intrauterine implant
T2 - A major improvement in efficacy, expulsion and tolerance
AU - van Kets, H.
AU - Vrijens, M.
AU - van Trappen, Y.
AU - Delbarge, W.
AU - van der Pas, H.
AU - Temmerman, M.
AU - Depypere, H.
AU - Batar, I.
AU - Barri, P.
AU - Martinez, F.
AU - Iglesias-Cortit, L.
AU - Shangchun, Wu
AU - Jing, Hu
AU - Xiaoming, Cao
AU - Zuan-Chong, Feng
AU - Hui, Wu Ming
AU - Wildemeersch, D.
AU - Pizarro, E.
AU - Andrade, A.
AU - Thiery, M.
PY - 1995/6
Y1 - 1995/6
N2 - The CuFix (GyneFix), conceived in 1985, was developed to minimize three major problems frequently associated with discontinuation of IUD use: expulsion, bleeding and pain. Since the initial clinical investigations, over 10 000 woman years of experience and upt to 8 years of follow-up in international multicenter, non-comparative and comparative clinical trials, including a large proportion of nulligravid/nulliparous women, have been collected. Based on new clinical information about the GyneFix from a long-term multicenter clinical trial, conducted in young nulligravid/nulliparous and parous women, the importance of this new contraceptive is discussed. The following conclusions were reached:- The unique design characteristics of the GyneFix (frameless, flexible and fixed to the fundus of the uterus) have resulted in optimal tolerance and almost complete abence of expulsion. The result is enhanced effectiveness (comparble to OCs and male/female sterilization) and a high rate of continued use. The GyneFix reduces the IUD failture rate to a minimum and is therefore, an welcome reversible alternative to OCs and female surgical contraception. - Framelessness and flexibility explain the absence of side-effects and adverse events caused by dimensional incompatibility between the frame of conventional IUDs and the uterine cavity and may also explain the absence of PID and ectopic pregnancies in any of the clinical studies. The GyneFix is a promising new, highly effective and safe, contraceptive option for parous women and an equally effective and well-accepted method for nulliparous women.
AB - The CuFix (GyneFix), conceived in 1985, was developed to minimize three major problems frequently associated with discontinuation of IUD use: expulsion, bleeding and pain. Since the initial clinical investigations, over 10 000 woman years of experience and upt to 8 years of follow-up in international multicenter, non-comparative and comparative clinical trials, including a large proportion of nulligravid/nulliparous women, have been collected. Based on new clinical information about the GyneFix from a long-term multicenter clinical trial, conducted in young nulligravid/nulliparous and parous women, the importance of this new contraceptive is discussed. The following conclusions were reached:- The unique design characteristics of the GyneFix (frameless, flexible and fixed to the fundus of the uterus) have resulted in optimal tolerance and almost complete abence of expulsion. The result is enhanced effectiveness (comparble to OCs and male/female sterilization) and a high rate of continued use. The GyneFix reduces the IUD failture rate to a minimum and is therefore, an welcome reversible alternative to OCs and female surgical contraception. - Framelessness and flexibility explain the absence of side-effects and adverse events caused by dimensional incompatibility between the frame of conventional IUDs and the uterine cavity and may also explain the absence of PID and ectopic pregnancies in any of the clinical studies. The GyneFix is a promising new, highly effective and safe, contraceptive option for parous women and an equally effective and well-accepted method for nulliparous women.
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U2 - 10.1007/BF01987278
DO - 10.1007/BF01987278
M3 - Article
C2 - 7491854
AN - SCOPUS:0028990171
SN - 0267-4874
VL - 11
SP - 131
EP - 142
JO - Advances in Contraception
JF - Advances in Contraception
IS - 2
ER -