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

Sadiman Kiykac Altinbas

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pain During Hysterosalpingography

Treatments: Device: metal cannula; Device: Balloon catheter

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02020733

20.12.13/160

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 194 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 47 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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194 participants in 2 patient groups

balloon catheter

Other group

Treatment:

Device: Balloon catheter

metal cannula

Other group

Treatment:

Device: metal cannula