Efficacy of Uterine Lidocaine Flushing in HyFoSy

Summary

To evaluate the efficacy of flushing the uterine cavity with lidocaine before Hysterosalpingo-Foam Sonography (HyFoSy) to reduce procedure-related pain.

Timeline

Start

2020-06-17

Primary completion

2020-10-01

Completion

2020-12-30

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper women in the lidocaine flushing group rated the procedure less painful than the women in the saline group PMID 33249268 ↗

paper (3.0 ± 1.3 vs 6.3 ± 1.5, respectively; p = .001). PMID 33249268 ↗

Publications

• Melcer Y, Nimrodi M, Levinsohn-Tavor O, Gal-Kochav M, Pekar-Zlotin M, Maymon R. Analgesic Efficacy of Intrauterine Lidocaine Flushing in Hysterosalpingo-foam Sonography: A Double-blind Randomized Controlled Trial. J Minim Invasive Gynecol. 2021 Aug;28(8):1484-1489. doi: 10.1016/j.jmig.2020.11.019. Epub 2020 Nov 26.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	Lidocaine	Other / unclassified	2 %	Other

Indications

No indication recorded.