The purpose of the study was to test the effective period of VCu200 IUD.The concentration of copper ion was measured with non-flame atomic absorption spectrophotometer HITACHI-180.The average concentration of coPPer i...The purpose of the study was to test the effective period of VCu200 IUD.The concentration of copper ion was measured with non-flame atomic absorption spectrophotometer HITACHI-180.The average concentration of coPPer ion(x±s.)was 2.66±0.58μg/g cervical mucus wet weight(μg/g·M·W·W) in the first year,then gradually decreasing to 0.91±0.16μg/g·M·W·W in the fifteenth-year group of VCu200 IUD.There was an average of 0.35±0.08～0.56±0.14 μg/g·M·W·W in the control group.It showed that the concentration of copper ion was decreasing with prolongation of use of VCu200 IUD and there was statistically significant difference between VCu200 IUD group,on the one hand,and the stainless steel ring group and the control group(P<0.05～0.01)on the other hand.No difference was found between the stainless steel ring group and the control group(P>0.05).It was reported in the literature that the concentration Of copper ion in 1.0μg/ml had the action of antifertility,and it was found that the concentration of copper ion was higher than 1.0μg/ml in the tenth year after insertion of VCu200 IUD.It suggested that effective period of VCu200 IUD was at least ten years.展开更多
文摘The purpose of the study was to test the effective period of VCu200 IUD.The concentration of copper ion was measured with non-flame atomic absorption spectrophotometer HITACHI-180.The average concentration of coPPer ion(x±s.)was 2.66±0.58μg/g cervical mucus wet weight(μg/g·M·W·W) in the first year,then gradually decreasing to 0.91±0.16μg/g·M·W·W in the fifteenth-year group of VCu200 IUD.There was an average of 0.35±0.08～0.56±0.14 μg/g·M·W·W in the control group.It showed that the concentration of copper ion was decreasing with prolongation of use of VCu200 IUD and there was statistically significant difference between VCu200 IUD group,on the one hand,and the stainless steel ring group and the control group(P<0.05～0.01)on the other hand.No difference was found between the stainless steel ring group and the control group(P>0.05).It was reported in the literature that the concentration Of copper ion in 1.0μg/ml had the action of antifertility,and it was found that the concentration of copper ion was higher than 1.0μg/ml in the tenth year after insertion of VCu200 IUD.It suggested that effective period of VCu200 IUD was at least ten years.
