Hand-held device to remove a single-rod subdermal contraceptive implant: Results of early trials in Sweden.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs) such as subdermal implants and intrauterine devices are promoted and increasingly used worldwide. Hence, in the light of this we also need to ensure easy access to the reversibility, i.e. emphasise the R in LARC. Our overall aim is to develop a device to facilitate implant removals. We evaluated the safety and performance of the two initial field prototypes where the main outcome was percentage of successful fixations and secondary outcomes were percentage of successful removals without the use of additional tools, duration of the procedure, satisfaction and adverse events.

Study design

We performed a feasibility study including 41 subjects.

Results

We estimated a fixation rate of 35/41 (85%) and an overall remov

SUBMITTER: Iwarsson KE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11605642 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature