A randomized trial of the use of cocaine spray to provide pain relief during laser vaporization of the cervix
- 1 May 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Vol. 95 (5) , 469-472
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-0528.1988.tb12798.x
Abstract
In a double-blind trial, 50 patients undergoing laser vaporization of the cervix for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia were randomly allocated to one of two groups. One group had the cervix sprayed with 3-4 ml of a solution containing 10% cocaine, the other a placebo solution during the laser treatment. Women in the cocaine group had significantly less pain as assessed by a visual analogue scale (P < 0.001) and by a verbal rating scale (P = 0.002). The cocaine group also had less blood loss (P = 0.001) as assessed subjectively by the operator.This publication has 16 references indexed in Scilit:
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