1817 is Paracervical Block Useful to Decrease Pain During in Office?

ConclusionHysteroscopy as a safe and relatively low pain procedure. Local anesthetic in the form of a paracervical block has been used historically to decrease pain during the procedure. Paracervical block does not significantly decrease pain during procedure, even in menopausal women who were found to have higher pain scales on average. Therefore, future studies should further investigate strategies to decrease pain during office hysteroscopy especially for postmenopausal women.
Source: Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology - Category: OBGYN Source Type: research