Conditions: Paracervical Block
Keywords: Hysteroscopy Pain medication Lidocaine Office Procedures
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 80
Healthy volunteers: yes

Brief summary:
The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of paracervical block for pain relief in office hysteroscopy - particularly with the placement of the Essure device. Subjects will be randomized to receive either paracervical block or saline, and will have pain assessments performed throughout the procedure. Subjects and physicians will be blinded to group assignments.

Detailed description:

Arms:
arm 1: 5cc 1% lidocaine injection in each paracervical region arm 2: 5cc Normal Saline injection in each paracervical region

Interventions: intervention 1: Lidocaine paracervical block intervention 2: Normal Saline
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: 5cc 1% lidocaine injection in each paracervical region intervention 2: 5cc Normal Saline injection in each paracervical region

Protocol document: