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Vaginoscopic approach to outpatient hysteroscopy: a systematic review of the effect on pain
Author(s) -
Tsimpanakos I,
Gkoutzioulis A,
Moustafa M,
Mohamed M,
Magos A
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2010.02615.x
Subject(s) - obstetrics and gynaecology , medicine , university hospital , outpatient clinic , endoscopy , hysteroscopy , obstetrics , general surgery , surgery , pregnancy , genetics , biology
labelled as ‘a randomised controlled trial’ in the title. I would be grateful if the authors could explain the discrepancy between the title of the study and its description. In a commentary attached to the paper, Emeritus Professor of Medical Ethics, Raanan Gillon, speculated on whether the recruitment to the abandoned trial might have been more offputting (rather than encouraging) than ethically necessary. According to the Helsinki Declaration, ‘each potential subject must be adequately informed of... the anticipated benefits and potential risks of the study’. I would be grateful if the authors could summarise the anticipated benefits and potential risks related to each trial arm as they were presented in the patient information sheets, and comment on Professor Gillon’s suggestion. j