IMMEDIATE POSTPLACENTAL INSERTION AND FIXATION OF THE CUFIX POSTPARTUM IMPLANT SYSTEM

Since promising results were obtained with the CuFix interval implant system in international clinical trials conducted worldwide, a modific ation of the device adapting it for immediate postplacental insertion and fixation (IPPIF) seemed a logical approach to solve the expulsion problem of IUDs inserted at that particular time. Seventy-three insert ions were performed at three university centers, during 1990 and 1991, both by skilled and unskilled investigators. The results of this mult icenter study show the excellent retainability of the modified IUD sup porting the validity of the anchoring principle. The insertion procedu re is easy, requiring minimal training, and the insertion technique ap peared to be safe.