Yet, there is still a large unmet need for FP in Kenya, and long-acting and permanent methods like the IUD are underutilized. While the percentage of Kenyan women using any modern method has more than tripled in the past 20 years, the IUD has virtually disappeared from the mix of modern FP methods. In 1984, nearly one in three Kenyan women using contraception were using the IUD, but by 2004, th...

Results: The data showed that pregnancies had significant association with EP, two pregnancies and three or more pregnancies were increased the risk of EP, adjusted odds ratio [AOR]=14.39, 95% CI: 2.37, 87.49 and AOR=14.87, 95% CI: 2.27, 97.38, respectively. The risk of EP in women of previous abdominal or pelvic surgery was also significantly increased (AOR=4.43, 95% CI: 1.04, 18.92). While no...

OBJECTIVE The objective was to describe infection rates after intrauterine device (IUD) placement at an urban teaching hospital that did not restrict IUD eligibility based on risk factors for sexually transmitted infections (STIs). METHODS We reviewed charts of patients undergoing IUD placement at the University of Chicago obstetrics and gynecology resident clinic from July 2007 to June 2008 ...

Received April 2006 Accepted October 2006 INTRODUCTION Foreign bodies in the bladder can result in recurrent urinary tract infection (UTI), hematuria, calculus formation, and pelvic pain.(1) Instruments used for surgical and endoscopic procedures or masturbation may migrate into the bladder. Intrauterine device (IUD) is a safe and cost-effective means of contraception.(2) However, since its app...

Background: Infection caused by Neisseria Gonorrhoeae increases the risk of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). Gonococcal PID tends to be clinically more severe than non-gonococcal ones. The main is present two cases gonococcal PID, with rapid clinical and analytic progression, leading sepsis, but without imaging manifestations. Clinical presentation: 1. 41-year-old patient replacement intraute...

BACKGROUND Patients using the intrauterine contraceptive device (IUD) were previously advised to undergo routine checks; in 2004, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence stated the practice was unnecessary. This study was conducted to examine the evidence for this advice. METHODS A retrospective examination of case records of patients of Whitehall Medical Practice, Rugby, UK...

OBJECTIVE To test the hypothesis that hospital referral for unexplained abdominal pain might occur less frequently in oral contraceptive (OC) users and more frequently in intrauterine device (IUD) users than in other women. DESIGN Prospective cohort study of 17 032 women using different methods of contraception [the Oxford-Family Planning Association (FPA) contraceptive study]. OUTCOME MEAS...