Spinal Anesthesia Facilitated Sexual Intercourse As A Treatment Option For Vaginismus

Karachi Medical and Dental College

Status: Completed

Conditions: Vaginismus

Treatments: Procedure: spinal anesthesia

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NETWORK

Identifiers

NCT04436172

KarchiMDC

Details and patient eligibility

About

Painful sex continues to be a relationship issue and can lead to marital dys-harmony. Other consequences include infertility, low self-esteem, depression and anxiety.Our study shows that spinal anesthesia is an effective last resort management option in women with vaginismus. As a one-off treatment spinal anesthesia provides hope for such couples and brings about a positive change in their relationships.

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Virgin married women with non-consummation of marriage for more than two years due to vaginismus

Exclusion criteria

• partners reported erectile dysfunction
• who had vulvar skin conditions (e.g. lichen sclerosus)
• vulvovaginal and urinary tract infections
• endometriosis.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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20 participants in 2 patient groups

pre intervention

No Intervention group

Description:

Before intervention

post intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Received soinal anesthesia

Treatment:

Procedure: spinal anesthesia