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  • Title: Hysterography and menstrual blood loss in women using the T Cu 200 device.
    Author: Hefnawi F, Hamed AF, Younis N, El-sheikha Z, Sherif H.
    Journal: Contracept Deliv Syst; 1980 Jan; 1(1):63-70. PubMed ID: 12261719.
    Abstract:
    A study was conducted using 32 women who had Copper T 200 IUDs inserted at the family planning clinic at Al-Ashar University Hospital in Cairo, Egypt. The study was conducted to determine the association between menstrual blood loss following IUD insertion, the shape and size of the uterine cavity, and the position and orientation of the IUD within the uterus. A preinsertion measurement of blood loss was used as a control. Hysterographic measurement was then done for the 1st 3 cycles postinsertion and at the 6th, 9th, and 12th cycles. Additionally, X-ray measurement was done after the 12th cycle. All findings are tabulated, graphed, diagrammed, and/or pictured. 1 group of women was found to have had no increase in menstrual loss; the other had an increase. Almost 95% of the women with increased blood loss had a large uterine cavity as compared to only 61.5% of the group with no increase. This difference, however, was not statistically significant. The group having conical uterine cavities with medium fundus had a statistically significant greater blood loss than women with conical narrow fundus. Increased bleeding had no relation to the orientation or displacement of the IUD within the uterine cavity or to the presence or absence of anchorage.
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