A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Two Different Local Intraurethral Anesthetics in Optical Internal Urethrotomy at the Outpatient Clinic

• Published in: Urology (Ridgewood, N.J.) Vol. 170; pp. 21 - 26
• Main Authors: Ergün, Osman, Öztürk, Sefa Alperen, Aydemir, Sabri
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.12.2022
• Subjects: Ambulatory Care Facilities; Anesthetics, Local; Constriction, Pathologic; Humans; Lidocaine; Pain - etiology; Pain - prevention & control; Prilocaine; Urethral Stricture - surgery

To assess feasibility and efficacy of local topical urethral anesthesia at optical internal urethrotomy (OIU) in patients with anterior and posterior urethral strictures at outpatient clinic. One hundred and twenty eight patients were prospectively randomized to perform OIU with intraurethral priloc...