title: A randomised controlled trial comparing two different local anaesthetic injection techniques prior to LLETZ.
abstract: The aim of this study was to compare two different anaesthetic injection techniques and assess whether one was less painful than the other when used prior to LLETZ. A total of 60 women undergoing LLETZ were randomised into two groups. The control group received local anaesthesia by deep injection into the substance of the cervix. The study group received an equivalent amount of local anaesthetic but this was injected superficially prior to deep injection into the cervix. Pain was assessed using a visual analogue scale. Women in the study arm experienced less pain than controls during injection of local anaesthetic.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Preston PR2 9HT, UK.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Winters
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Keating
mesh_terms: D000772:Anesthesia, Local / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007267:Injections; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D002578:Uterine Cervical Dysplasia / Q000601:surgery*