Urerine Retroversion as Predictor of Pain during and Fifteen Minutes after Office Hysteroscopy without Anesthesia

Hysteroscopy and pain: what risk factors should we consider in office hysteroscopy? are there really any?

“…Raymundo 20 found body mass index (BMI) and history of previous curettage to lower pain perception, while menopause and dysmenorrhea would predict higher pain score; association as a determinant however was low. Fonseca in 2009 21 evaluated uterine retroversion as pain predictor and concluded there was no association with pain at hysteroscopy. Finally Mazzon 22 found a protective role in parity, while cervical synechiae and duration of procedure correlated with higher visual analogue score (VAS) for pain.…”