When a balloon catheter or tenaculum is required for cervical traction during hysterosalpingography

Figures & data

Figure 1. An HSG exam without any uterine traction, as in 58% of the patients.

Figure 2. Traction of the uterus with balloon catheter technique, as in 26.9% of the HSG exams.

Figure 3. Traction of the uterus with single-tooth tenaculum technique, as in 15% of HSG exams.

Table 1. Descriptive analysis of the patients.

	N	Minimum	Maximum	Mean	Std. deviation
Age	788	18	53	31.99	6.345
Gravida	788	0	16	1.02	1.419
Parity	788	0	4	0.52	0.760
Abortus	788	0	15	0.34	0.977
Curettage	788	0	5	0.14	0.475
Contrast media, mL	779	2	25	8.05	2.087
VAS pain score	781	0	10	4.57	2.447