Intracervical Lidocaine Versus Intramuscular Diclofenac for Pain Relief in HSG in a Tertiary Hospital in Kano

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2017-03-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

This study compares the effect of intracervical block with 1% lidocaine and intramuscular diclofenac 75mg in decreasing pain perception during hysterosalpingography. Half of participants will receive intracervical block with 1% lidocaine, while the other half will receive intramuscular diclofenac 75mg.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Bayer University Kano, Nigeria; Bayero University Kano, Nigeria
• Treatments: Diclofenac; Lidocaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• All women with infertility who will be undergoing a hysterosalpingography, and must have given consent will be recruited into the study

Exclusion Criteria:

• History of any allergies to local anaesthetics, radio-opaque dye, or anti-inflammatory medications

• All patients with active pelvic inflammatory diseases

• All patients with chronic pelvic pain

• Patients with history of cervical surgery

• Other indications for hysterosalpingography like Ashermans syndrome, congenital uterine anomalies