NCT01506778

Tenaculum in Endometrial Sampling Procedure

Using a Tenaculum Which is Actually Necessary for Endometrial Sampling Procedure by Pipelle.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 115 (actual)
• Sponsor: Cukurova University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Most of gynecological office procedure such as endometrial sampling procedure, hysterosalpingography, hysteroscopy, insertion of contraceptive intrauterine device, difficult intrauterine insemination or embryo transfer procedures often require the application of a single tooth tenaculum to the cervix for steady the cervix, straighten the cervicouterine angle and provide countertraction. However, grasping the cervix with a tenaculum can be a painful experience for the patient.A randomized controlled trial was conducted to evaluate using of tenaculum on pain perception of the patients and the procedure performance of the surgeons in endometrial sampling procedure(ESP) with pipelle.

Detailed description

One hundred fifteen patients included for assessing pain perception and procedure performance during endometrial with pipelle. Patients were randomly assigned to one of two groups as Group 1( with tenaculum) and Group 2 (without tenaculum).

Conditions

• Endometrium
• Biopsy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Tenaculum	Single tooth tenaculum are use to the cervix for steady the cervix, straighten the cervicouterine angle and provide countertraction. Most of gynecological office procedure such as endometrial sampling procedure, hysterosalpingography, hysteroscopy, insertion of contraceptive intrauterine device, difficult intrauterine insemination or embryo transfer procedures often require the application of a tenaculum.

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-05-01
• Primary completion: 2011-12-01
• Completion: 2011-12-01
• First posted: 2012-01-10
• Last updated: 2012-01-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)