Is using lignocaine gel prior to flexible cystoscopy justified? A randomized prospective study

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 389-392

  Palit, V ^a,b   Ashurst, H N ^a   Biyani, C S ^a   Elmasray, Y ^a   Puri, R ^a   Shah, T ^a  

^a BRADFORD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aquagel; Flexible cystoscopy; Lignocaine gel

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CYSTOSCOPY; EVALUATION; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SOLUBILITY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CYSTOSCOPY; GELS; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 0345490939     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000074092     Document Type: Article

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