Publications by authors named "Maria Helena Vieira de Melo"
[Adequacy of the device intrauterine by ultrasound evaluation: postpartum and post-abortion insertion versus insertion during the menstrual cycle].
Antônio Arildo Reginaldo de Holanda Aline de Melo Pessoa Julita de Campos Pipolo Holanda Maria Helena Vieira de Melo Técia Maria de Oliveira Maranhão
Rev Bras Ginecol Obstet
August 2013
Purpose: To compare by transvaginal ultrasound the position of the intrauterine device (IUD) inside the uterine cavity, depending on the time of insertion, postpartum and post-abortion, and during the menstrual cycle.
Methods: Epidemiologic, observational and cross-sectional study carried out between February and July, 2013. A total of 290 women were included, 205 of them with insertion during the menstrual cycle and 85 during the postpartum and post-abortion periods.