Evaluation of Pain During Hysterosalpingography With The Use Of Balloon Catheter Versus Metal Cannula

N/ACompletedNCT02020733

Sadiman Kiykac Altinbas194 enrolled

Overview

The aim of this study is to compare the metal cannula routinely used in our clinical practice with intrauterine hysterosalpingography catheter as a probable alternative device in a prospective, single-blinded, randomized study.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

DIAGNOSTIC

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

194

Conditions

Pain During Hysterosalpingography

Interventions

Balloon catheterDEVICE

metal cannulaDEVICE

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 47 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Women aged between 18-47 years, * applying for basic infertility evaluation to the Reproductive Endocrinology unit Exclusion Criteria: * The patients with a known hypersensitivity to iodine or radio-opaque contrast dye, * vaginal bleeding, * genital malignancy and * any sign of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) were excluded

Locations (1)

Etlik Zubeyde Hanim Women's Health Teaching and Research Hospital

Ankara, Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

the degree of pain experienced during the procedure

The primary outcome was the degree of pain experienced during the procedure, pain was evaluated with the Wong Baker Faces Pain Rating Scale (WBS), which ranked the pain from 0 to 5.

Time frame: 1 hour after the procedure

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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