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Treatment of abnormal uterine bleeding

Not Applicable
Conditions
Abnormal uterine bleeding.
Other specified abnormal uterine and vaginal bleeding
Registration Number
IRCT201207163820N5
Lead Sponsor
Vice Chancellor for Research and technology, Babol University of Medical Sciences
Brief Summary

Menorrhagia is one of the most common reasons for referral to gynecologists. Many women do not respond to medical treatment and are candidate for hysterectomy. Some of them who are in their middle age don’t like to have hysterectomy and those who are older are not candidate for medical treatment and surgical hysterectomy due to internal diseases in this age. So, endometrial ablation is one of suggested treatments. This clinical trial will be done on women with menorrhagia who have not responded to medical treatment. Patients are categorized into two groups: endometrial ablation with thermal balloon (intervention group, 35 patients) and endometrial ablation with hysteroscopy (control group, 25 patients). Information such as age, parity, BMI, dysmenorrhea, menstrual period, duration of menorrhagia, treatment taken, medical history, underlying disease, history of previous surgery will be recorded. Postoperative complications of hysteroscopy including bleeding, infection, uterine perforation, thermal injury, and complications after thermal balloon including thermal injury to the bowel, bleeding, uterine perforation, adenexal necrosis are recorded. All patients are followed for one year. Outcomes for each patient will be recorded for 6 months and 12 months after treatment.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Complete
Sex
Female
Target Recruitment
70
Inclusion Criteria

1 - no response to treatment; 2 - lack of desire for fertility and having children; 3 - normal cervical cytology; 4 - normal endometrial histology. Exclusion criteria: 1 - intrauterine pathologies (such as polyps or submocusal fibroma); 2 - Uterine cavity length more than 12 cm; 3 - hyperplasia or endometrial atypy.

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
The amount of vaginal bleeding. Timepoint: 6 month and 12 month. Method of measurement: Visual Analogue Scale.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Perforation of the uterus after treatment. Timepoint: Intraoperative. Method of measurement: Clinical.;Uterine infection after treatment. Timepoint: 7-3 days after intervention. Method of measurement: Clinical.
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