Petrov Yu.A., Kupina A.D.
Aim. The purpose of this study was to study the peculiarities of women colpocytograms with prolonged intrauterine contraception (silver-containing intrauterine contraceptive devices) and after it. Materials and methods. Smear scrapings from the ectocervix and the lower endocervix were studied in 380 women aged 20-45 years who used silver-containing intrauterine contraceptive devices for 3 months-7 years. The control group consisted of 396 women aged 20-45 years who did not use contraception (the material was obtained during gynecological preventive examinations). Results. During the study it was revealed that with intrauterine contraception in some women, the increase in the number of leukocytes, lymphocytes and histiocytes was noted in colpocytograms, which in most cases should be considered as the reaction of the organism to the foreign body (silver-containing intrauterine contraceptive devices), and not as an inflammatory process. However, these changes were less common with silver-containing contraceptives and were less pronounced compared with women using indifferent IUDs. Keywords: silver-containing intrauterine contraceptive devices, hyperplasia, cervical dysplasia, colpocytogram.