Pudendal Nerve Fluoroscopic Guided Pulsed Radiofrequency for Treatment of Superficial Dyspareunia
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Superficial Dyspareunia
- Registration Number
- NCT04201041
- Lead Sponsor
- South Egypt Cancer Institute
- Brief Summary
Superficial dyspareunia represents a major health problem especially for the newly wed couples. Pulsed radiofrequency for pudendal nerve is a non-neurolytic neuromodulatory method that is effective in relief of this type of pain. Objectives: to evaluate the efficacy of bilateral pudendal nerve fluoroscopic guided pulsed radiofrequency in treatment of intractable non-organic dyspareunia, and compare between trans-gluteal and transvaginal approaches regarding patient comfort and satisfaction.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 40
Inclusion Criteria
- women aged between 16 and 46 years and from a near vicinity to our facility to make her available for follow-up
Exclusion Criteria
- We had excluded women with any abnormality in the transvaginal US guided imagining, or those with any evidence of local gynecological abnormalities on examination. Meanwhile, we had excluded those women with infection at site of injection, coagulopathy or other bleeding diathesis, pre-existing neurologic deficit in the targeted region, those with history of chronic opioid use and women who refused to participate in the study
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method change in Numerical rating scale baseline reading -1 day reading-3 days postoperative reading 0 no pain and 10 maximum pain
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
South Egypt Cancer Institute, Assiut University, Arab Republic of Egypt
🇪🇬Assiut, Egypt
South Egypt Cancer Institute, Assiut University, Arab Republic of Egypt🇪🇬Assiut, Egypt