Efficacy of Intrauterine Lidocaine Instillation in Reducing Pain during Endometrial Biopsy by Novak

Table 3

Pathological reports and satisfaction score (n=125 each).

	Lidocaine	Normal saline	p value
Pathological reports			0.8
Proliferative phase	26 (20.8)	35 (28)
Secretory phase	29 (23.2)	31 (24.8)
Atrophic or inactive ET	31 (24.8)	26 (20.8)
No or inadequate ET	7 (5.6)	4 (3.2)
Endometrial polyp	13 (10.4)	10 (8)
Cancer	4 (3.2)	4 (3.2)
Other	15 (12)	15 (12)
Satisfaction score
Patient’s	9.00 ± 1.35	8.86 ± 1.35	0.4
Physician’s	9.27 ± 0.786	8.74 ± 1.37	< 0.001

: n (%), ET: endometrial tissue, Other: benign endometrial tissue, acute inflammation, chronic inflammation and fragment of glandular and stromal breakdown, : mean ± SD.