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Dysmenorrhea is associated with a higher incidence of pain after diagnostic hysteroscopy or treatment

  • Yuan-Yuan Pan1
  • Shen-Hui Jin1,†
  • Shan Luo1,†
  • Ru-Ru Li2,†
  • Ying-Ying Tu1
  • Dan Jin1
  • Wen-Jun Jin1
  • Xiu-Xiu Zhuang1
  • Jun-Lu Wang1,†

1Department of Anesthesia, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, 325000 Wenzhou, P. R. China

2Department of Anesthesia , Wenzhou People's Hospital ,325000 Wenzhou, P. R. China

DOI: 10.22514/sv.2020.16.0117 Vol.17,Issue 2,March 2021 pp.63-66

Published: 08 March 2021

*Corresponding Author(s): Yuan-Yuan Pan E-mail: panyuanyuan0102@163.com

† These authors contributed equally.

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether dysmenorrhea could predict the occurrence of pain perceived after diagnostic hysteroscopy or treatment.

Methods: 58 women undergoing diagnostic hysteroscopy or treatment were divided into two groups: patients with dysmenorrhea (Group A) and patients without dysmenorrhea (Group B). Patients underwent routine monitoring after the administration of 7.5 µg of sufentanil by intravenous injection. Propofol infusion was initiated by using a target-controlled infusion pump with concentration initially set at 2 µg/mL in order to maintain a bispectral index monitor (BIS) of 60 to 80. Remifentanil was administered as continuous infusion at 0.05 µg/kg per minute. The total dose of propofol and remifentanil utilized during the procedure was calculated.

Results: There were no differences in the characteristics of patients in either group. Multivariate analysis revealed that the presence of dysmenorrhea was significantly correlated with pain (P < 0.05) following the procedure.

Conclusion: Dysmenorrhea is associated with a higher incidence of pain after diagnostic hysteroscopy.

Keywords

Dysmenorrhea; Diagnostic hysteroscopy; Pain

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Yuan-Yuan Pan,Shen-Hui Jin,Shan Luo,Ru-Ru Li,Ying-Ying Tu,Dan Jin,Wen-Jun Jin,Xiu-Xiu Zhuang,Jun-Lu Wang. Dysmenorrhea is associated with a higher incidence of pain after diagnostic hysteroscopy or treatment. Signa Vitae. 2021. 17(2);63-66.

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