Thin Catheter for Hysterosalpigography

Cairo University (CU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Infertility

Treatments: Device: HSG cannula

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03826823

1-Mansour

Details and patient eligibility

About

Hysterosalpingography is usually painful and the use of thin catheters of IUI could be an attractive alternative . we conducted a randomised controlled trial to compare the standard metal cannula to the thin catheter originally manufactured for intrauterine insemination. Pain assessment was done using visual analogue scale

Full description

HSG is widely practiced in our country, however, for cost effective reasons, the standard metal cannula is the only method used at our hospital. It is painful procedure because it requires grasping the cervix with a tenaculum and inducing some cervical dilatation during introduction of the cannula. The aim of this pilot study was to modify the technique of HSG using a thinner than normal catheter, and without grasping the cervix with a tenaculum. Leakage of the dye through the cervix was prevented by pressing on the portiovaginalis of the cervix using the vaginal speculum.

Enrollment: 89 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 43 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• infertile women seeking evaluation of fallopian tubes

Exclusion criteria

• any woman with allergy to the iodine dye or condition contraindicating pregnancy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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89 participants in 1 patient group

infertile women

Experimental group

Description:

infertile women undergoing hysterosalpingography for evaluating fallopian tubes

Treatment:

Device: HSG cannula