Effective haemostasis following a cervical punch biopsy: a randomised controlled study

Completed

• Conditions: Surgery: Cervical punch biopsy; Surgery; Cervical punch biopsy

• Registration Number: ISRCTN20662379
• Lead Sponsor: Record Provided by the NHSTCT Register - 2005 Update - Department of Health (UK)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2005-09-30
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

To ensure that a representative sample is taken from women in the Cambridge area who are referred to the colposcopy clinic with a mildly abnormal cervical smear, consecutive women from the referral list will be sent the study information leaflet. The referral list is obtained from the colposcopy data base and consists of women that have abnormal smears requiring colposcopy referred from the cytology laboratory. The list is random in that it is not in order of age, name or severity of smear.

Exclusion Criteria

Women will be excluded from the study if they are pregnant, have a known infection or are on anti-coagulation therapy.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified