Open AccessMeatotomy using topical anesthesia: A painless option
Author(s) -
Vinod Priyadarshi,
Anurag Puri,
J. P. Singh,
Shwetank Mishra,
Dilip Kumar Pal,
Anup Kumar Kundu
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
urology annals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.355
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 0974-7834
pISSN - 0974-7796
DOI - 10.4103/0974-7796.148622
Subject(s) - medicine , anesthesia
Urethral meatotomy is an office procedure often done under local anesthesia with or without penile block or under short general anesthesia. Whatever may be the method, the patient has to bear the pain of injection. To avoid painful injections, in the present study, topical anesthesia in the form of eutectic mixture of prilocaine and lidocaine anesthetics (EMLA/Prilox) has been used to perform such procedures and its effectiveness determined.