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Effects of two different local anaesthetic methods vs no anaesthesia on pain scores for intratympanic injections.
- Source :
- Journal of Laryngology & Otology; Dec2016, Vol. 130 Issue 12, p1153-1157, 5p
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- Objective:This study compared the pain associated with the intratympanic injection combined with various local anaesthetics vs without anaesthesia.Methods:The study included 40 patients (aged 18–78 years) who received intratympanic steroid injections for sudden idiopathic hearing loss or tinnitus. Each patient underwent all three injection methods at one-week intervals. Patients received one of two local anaesthetics (lidocaine injection or lidocaine spray) or no anaesthesia before intratympanic injection, and used a visual analogue scale to indicate the pain level after 5 and 45 minutes.Results:Five minutes after injection, patients who did not receive anaesthesia and those who received lidocaine spray reported lower pain scores than those who received a lidocaine injection (p < 0.05). There was no difference in pain scores for all three methods at 45 minutes after intratympanic injection.Conclusion:Neither of the local anaesthetics was found to be superior to having no anaesthesia. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
- Subjects :
- STEROID drugs
DEAFNESS
INJECTIONS
LIDOCAINE
LOCAL anesthesia
TINNITUS
PAIN measurement
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00222151
- Volume :
- 130
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Laryngology & Otology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 120141166
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022215116009336