Contraception cervical caps

Various physical barrier devices are available for contraceptive use by men and women. Modem barrier methods such as diaphragms, condoms, and cervical caps were made possible by the discovery of the vulcanisation of mbber. 

The cervical cap birth control device has been available in Europe for many years and in the U.S. since late 1988. It is a small, mbber, dome-shaped device that fits snugly over the cervix. The cervical cap has some advantages over the diaphragm, but has not Hved up to widespread expectations that it would become an overwhelmingly popular method of contraception (100). 

Condom, diaphragm, or cervical cap with contraceptive or antimicrobial agent (including virucidal) agent. 

There are numerous choices of contraception for women, and the efficacy and costs of each must be balanced when giving advice, both to the individual and to the community at large. Hormonal contraception is still the most effective method of fertility control, and in this section only hormonal contraception will be considered. However the relative merits of other methods such as intrauterine contraceptive devices (lUCDs), condoms, and vaginal or cervical caps should be kept in mind as alternatives. Condoms in particular have important advantages in limiting spread of sexually transmitted disease. 

Gallo ME, Grimes DA, Schulz KE. Cervical cap versus diaphragm for contraception. Cochrane Review 2003 3. 

Contraception and Sterilization. Some applications of reproductive science are intended to prevent, not facilitate, impregnation. Most of the available contraceptive methods are designed for use by the female partner alone, although a few are meant for shared use or use by the male partner alone. Barrier methods, such as the sponge, the diaphragm, the male and female condoms, and the cervical cap, prevent sperm from reaching the egg inside the Fallopian tube. Hormonal methods, such as the pill, the... 

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