INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTION METHOD AND INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE MEANS

摘要

The invention relates to medicine, mainly to gynaecology, and to methods and means for preventing an undesired pregnancy, in particular to intrauterine contraception methods and intrauterine copper-containing contraceptive means (ICM). The inventive method consists in placing an intrauterine contraceptive means comprising a plastic base, which is used for arranging copper elements thereon and whose transversal part is embodied in the form of shoulders and connected to a longitudinal leg-shaped part, in the uterine cavity, prior to the ICM introduction, in measuring the size of the uterine cavity fundic breadth at the 5-7th day of a menstrual cycle, in selecting the intrauterine contraceptive means whose cross-section size by 2-4 mm smaller than the uterine cavity fundal breadth and in positioning the lateral ends of the copper elements, which are placed on the shoulders, in such a way that a distance between said copper element ends and the distal ends of the shoulders is equal to or less than 4 mm. The contraceptive effect is attainable by preventing fertilisation, reducing a frequency of complications in terms of haemorrhage, pains and expulsions and by substantially reducing a copper ion concentration in a patient blood.