The effect of topical lignocaine gel in pain relief for colposcopic assessment and biopsy: Is it useful?

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 115, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1057-1060

  Wong, G C Y ^a,b   Li, R H W ^a   Wong, T S ^a   Fan, S Y S ^a  

^a Family Planning Association of Hong Kong   (Hong Kong)

^b Southorn Centre   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cervical punch biopsy; Colposcopy; Pain relief; Topical xylocaine gel

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLPOSCOPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG FORMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; VAGINA PAIN;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; COLPOSCOPY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GELS; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 45249094071     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2008.01780.x     Document Type: Article

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