Pain assessment during outpatient hysteroscopy using room temperature versus warm normal saline as distention medium.
Completed
- Conditions
- SurgeryHysteroscopyOutpatient hysteroscopy
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN56764412
- Lead Sponsor
- Central Clinical Hospital of Ministry of the Interior in Warsaw (CSK MSW) Department Obs and Gyn
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 100
Inclusion Criteria
All patients aged over 18 years referred for hysteroscopy for diagnosis of abnormal endometrium on ultrasound, endometrial polyps and uterine bleeding were included in the study. All participants had a pelvic ultrasound examination to confirm the initial diagnosis.
Exclusion Criteria
Women with a possible pregnancy, lower genital tract infections, gestational trophoblastic disease, presence of endocervical polyps visualized on a speculum examination, asthma, acute porphyria, hepatitis, renal failure, lactation and oversensitivity to one of the agents or their elements were excluded.
Patients with endometrial polyps measuring more than 30mm were excluded and referred for operative hysteroscopy under anesthesia.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Visual analogue scale (VAS) score during, 5 minutes and 15 minutes after the procedure. Median VAS scores during and directly after the anaesthesia-free hysteroscopy.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Side effects, complications failure rate, procedure time and the pain level during each stage of procedure.