Study on cytologic and colposcopic findings of the cervix after oral or vaginal use of combined contraceptive pills

ABSTRACT

The effect of oral and vaginal use of combined pills on cytologic and colposcopic findings of the cervix were studied in 120 women. They were randomly assigned to either oral use [63 women] or vaginal use [57 women], ethinyl estradiol + norgestrel was given starting from the fifth day of the cycle for 21st day use as well as after three and six months of oral use. Normal and nonspecific infection were the commonest cytologic patterns found in both groups throughout the study; use of pills led to the appearance of ectopy and hypervascularity [insignificant colposcopic findings] with downward migration the transformation zone. However, there was no difference in these changes when the pill was given orally or vaginally