Women arriving to the Urology department outpatient clinic at Assaf-Harofeh Medical Center in order to undergo a cystoscopy examination will be recruited. Patients will be randomly assigned to one of four groups by method of cystoscopy (flexible and rigid) and by use of anesthesia to the introitus. Pain levels will be recorded prior to the examination, during entrance of the cystoscope in the urethral meatus, immediately after the examination and 15 minutes after conclusion.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
120
Pad soaked with lidocaine gel (Esracaine) left on the introitus for 5 minutes
Water based non-anesthetic lubricant gel left on the introitus for 5 minutes.
Assaf Harofe Medical Center
Be’er Ya‘aqov, Israel
Pain before procedure
Pain measurement using a 0-10 visual analogue scale (VAS) and comparison of average pain score between the four study groups.
Time frame: Before cystoscopy
Pain during meatus insertion of cystoscope
Pain measurement using a 0-10 visual analogue scale (VAS) and comparison of average pain score between the four study groups.
Time frame: During the procedure, at the moment of cystoscopy insertion through the urethra
Pain immediately after procedure
Pain measurement using a 0-10 visual analogue scale (VAS) and comparison of average pain score between the four study groups.
Time frame: Immediately after withdrawal of the cystoscope from the urethra
Pain 15 minutes after procedure
Pain measurement using a 0-10 visual analogue scale (VAS) and comparison of average pain score between the four study groups.
Time frame: 15 minutes after end of procedure
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