None listed
Conditions
Interventions
Following the introduction of anaesthetic ***INTO THE UTERINE CAVITY*** the patient will be cleaned and draped for their procedure in routine fashion whilst the surgeons scrub. The agent must be left within the endometrial cavity for 6 minutes prior to testing cervical compliance. After 6 minutes a disposable intra-uterine catheter (usually used for performing hystero-salpingograms) will be passed into the endometrial cavity. A small balloon at the end of the device will be inflated with ***1.0*
Following the introduction of anaesthetic ***INTO THE UTERINE CAVITY*** the patient will be cleaned and draped for their procedure in routine fashion whilst the surgeons scrub. The agent must be left within the endometrial cavity for 6 minutes prior to testing cervical compliance. After 6 minutes a disposable intra-uterine catheter (usually used for performing hystero-salpingograms) will be passed into the endometrial cavity. A small balloon at the end of the device will be inflated with ***1.0*** ml saline and the balloon withdrawn till some resistance is felt as the balloon reaches the internal cervical os. At this point a force gauge (supplied by department of biomedical engineering, sensitive to within 10 grams) is attached to the end of the catheter. The inflated balloon is then withdrawn through the cervix and the maximum force required to pass the balloon through the internal cervical os is recorded
Sponsors
Associate Professor Thierry Vancaillie
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Having elective laparoscopic or hysteroscopic surgeryIntact uterus.
Exclusion criteria
Currently menstruatingSuspected diagnosis of gynaecological malignancies or precursorsPossibility of current pregnancy.
Outcome results
None listed