Superficial Dyspareunia
Conditions
Brief summary
Superficial dyspareunia represents a major health problem especially for the newly wed couples. Pulsed radiofrequency for pudendal nerve is a non-neurolytic neuromodulatory method that is effective in relief of this type of pain. Objectives: to evaluate the efficacy of bilateral pudendal nerve fluoroscopic guided pulsed radiofrequency in treatment of intractable non-organic dyspareunia, and compare between trans-gluteal and transvaginal approaches regarding patient comfort and satisfaction.
Interventions
PROCEDUREpudendal nerve pulsed radiofrequency
received pudendal nerve pulsed radiofrequency through trans-vaginal approach or trans-gluteal approach
Sponsors
South Egypt Cancer Institute
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
16 Years to 46 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* women aged between 16 and 46 years and from a near vicinity to our facility to make her available for follow-up
Exclusion criteria
* We had excluded women with any abnormality in the transvaginal US guided imagining, or those with any evidence of local gynecological abnormalities on examination. Meanwhile, we had excluded those women with infection at site of injection, coagulopathy or other bleeding diathesis, pre-existing neurologic deficit in the targeted region, those with history of chronic opioid use and women who refused to participate in the study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| change in Numerical rating scale | baseline reading -1 day reading-3 days postoperative reading | 0 no pain and 10 maximum pain |
Countries
Egypt
Outcome results
None listed