Urology
Volume 61, Issue 1 , Pages 65-68 , January 2003

Is instillation of anesthetic gel necessary in flexible cystoscopic examination? A prospective randomized study

  • Takashi Kobayashi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Hamamatsu Rosai Hospital, Hamamatsu, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Takashi Kobayashi, M.D., Department of Urology, Hamamatsu Rosai Hospital, Shogen-cho 25, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka 430-8525, Japan
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  • Koji Nishizawa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Hamamatsu Rosai Hospital, Hamamatsu, Japan
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  • Keiji Ogura

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Hamamatsu Rosai Hospital, Hamamatsu, Japan

Received 7 June 2002 ,Accepted 15 August 2002.

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    Pain scores on visual analog scale (VAS) for each step with patients stratified by surgeons who performed cystoscopy. Bars and numbers represent standard deviations and mean values, respectively. No s

    Pain scores on visual analog scale (VAS) for each step with patients stratified by surgeons who performed cystoscopy. Bars and numbers represent standard deviations and mean values, respectively. No significant difference was found among the surgeons in pain score for any step of cystoscopy (analysis of variance).

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    Correlation between pain score for each step of cystoscopy and number of previous cystoscopies. No highly significant correlation was found. VAS = visual analog scale; r2 = correlation coefficient.

    Correlation between pain score for each step of cystoscopy and number of previous cystoscopies. No highly significant correlation was found. VAS = visual analog scale; r2 = correlation coefficient.

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    Mean pain score (number at top of each column) for each step of cystoscopy. Anesthetic gel, plain lubricating gel, or no gel was instilled before cystoscopy in groups 1, 2 and 3, respectively. Asteris

    Mean pain score (number at top of each column) for each step of cystoscopy. Anesthetic gel, plain lubricating gel, or no gel was instilled before cystoscopy in groups 1, 2 and 3, respectively. Asterisk indicates unpaired t-test; dagger, analysis of variance. VAS = visual analog scale.

PII: S0090-4295(02)02002-2

Urology
Volume 61, Issue 1 , Pages 65-68 , January 2003

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