[Intrauterine contraception: new devices, new applications]

Despite its 100 years old history, intrauterine contraception is still regarded as a modern method. Moreover, one could have witnessed its renewal in recent years. New devices have been introduced, which are not only simple modifications of the earlier ones in material, size and format, but were developed by quite new ideas and conceptions. These include the hormone-containing, the frameless and the Hungarian devices containing alloy (copper-silver, copper-gold) in their metal part. Another line of progress is marked by the new ways of applications, which are open both for the new and for the old types of devices. One of these possibilities is emergency contraception. The other one goes beyond contraception; it is intrauterine local hormonal treatment. The author presents these novelties by using partly international study results, but mainly personal data based on his own clinical experiences.