Misoprostol versus Placebo for Unsatisfactory Colposcopic Finding: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Objective: To assess the effectiveness of vaginal misoprostol for converting unsatisfactory to satisfactory colposcopy.Materials and Methods: Forty women with abnormal cervical cytology and unsatisfactory colposcopy who underwent colposcopic examination at colposcopic clinic Khon Kaen Ho...

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Main Authors: Reuthairat Tungmunsakulchai, Maleechat Sripipattanakul
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Royal Thai College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists 2010-09-01
Series:Thai Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
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Online Access:https://tci-thaijo.org/index.php/tjog/article/download/1358/1135/
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spelling doaj-2b04517fc1f942e4afab4c3271ce6e282020-11-24T22:01:15ZengThe Royal Thai College of Obstetricians and GynaecologistsThai Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology0857-60840857-60842010-09-01183134138Misoprostol versus Placebo for Unsatisfactory Colposcopic Finding: A Randomized Controlled TrialReuthairat Tungmunsakulchai0Maleechat Sripipattanakul1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Khon Kaen Hospital, Khon Kaen, ThailandDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Khon Kaen Hospital, Khon Kaen, ThailandObjective: To assess the effectiveness of vaginal misoprostol for converting unsatisfactory to satisfactory colposcopy.Materials and Methods: Forty women with abnormal cervical cytology and unsatisfactory colposcopy who underwent colposcopic examination at colposcopic clinic Khon Kaen Hospital, between May, 2009 and June, 2010. Patients were randomly allocated to received either 200 μg misoprostol or placebo vaginally, and colposcopic examination were taken 4 hours later. The percentage of conversion to satisfaction result and the adverse effects were recorded.Result: There were 20 women in each misoprostol and placebo group. One patient was excluded from each group because of follow up problem. In misoprostol group, 13 out of 19 patients (68.4%) were converted into satisfactory colposcopy result compared with five out of 19 patients (26.3%) in placebo group. This effect was statistically significant difference (P=0.009). No serious adverse effects was reported in both groups. Conclusions: Two hundred micrograms of vaginal misoprostol was effective and safe to convert unsatisfactory to satisfactory colposcopy result.https://tci-thaijo.org/index.php/tjog/article/download/1358/1135/misoprostoltransformation zoneunsatisfactory colposcopy
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author Reuthairat Tungmunsakulchai
Maleechat Sripipattanakul
spellingShingle Reuthairat Tungmunsakulchai
Maleechat Sripipattanakul
Misoprostol versus Placebo for Unsatisfactory Colposcopic Finding: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Thai Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
misoprostol
transformation zone
unsatisfactory colposcopy
author_facet Reuthairat Tungmunsakulchai
Maleechat Sripipattanakul
author_sort Reuthairat Tungmunsakulchai
title Misoprostol versus Placebo for Unsatisfactory Colposcopic Finding: A Randomized Controlled Trial
title_short Misoprostol versus Placebo for Unsatisfactory Colposcopic Finding: A Randomized Controlled Trial
title_full Misoprostol versus Placebo for Unsatisfactory Colposcopic Finding: A Randomized Controlled Trial
title_fullStr Misoprostol versus Placebo for Unsatisfactory Colposcopic Finding: A Randomized Controlled Trial
title_full_unstemmed Misoprostol versus Placebo for Unsatisfactory Colposcopic Finding: A Randomized Controlled Trial
title_sort misoprostol versus placebo for unsatisfactory colposcopic finding: a randomized controlled trial
publisher The Royal Thai College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
series Thai Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
issn 0857-6084
0857-6084
publishDate 2010-09-01
description Objective: To assess the effectiveness of vaginal misoprostol for converting unsatisfactory to satisfactory colposcopy.Materials and Methods: Forty women with abnormal cervical cytology and unsatisfactory colposcopy who underwent colposcopic examination at colposcopic clinic Khon Kaen Hospital, between May, 2009 and June, 2010. Patients were randomly allocated to received either 200 μg misoprostol or placebo vaginally, and colposcopic examination were taken 4 hours later. The percentage of conversion to satisfaction result and the adverse effects were recorded.Result: There were 20 women in each misoprostol and placebo group. One patient was excluded from each group because of follow up problem. In misoprostol group, 13 out of 19 patients (68.4%) were converted into satisfactory colposcopy result compared with five out of 19 patients (26.3%) in placebo group. This effect was statistically significant difference (P=0.009). No serious adverse effects was reported in both groups. Conclusions: Two hundred micrograms of vaginal misoprostol was effective and safe to convert unsatisfactory to satisfactory colposcopy result.
topic misoprostol
transformation zone
unsatisfactory colposcopy
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