Intraurethral Lidocaine After Endourology Procedures
Intraurethral Lidocaine After Endourology Procedures
Many urological conditions are diagnosed and treated with the use of endourology procedures.
 Unfortunately, dysuria is a common patient complaint following these procedures.
 Intraurethral lidocaine instillation is regularly used prior to office-based endourology
 procedures to alleviate dysuria, as well as, discomfort during the procedure.. Studies have
 confirmed that office-based procedures using intraurethral lidocaine have resulted in less
 patient reported dysuria. Many endourology procedures are done under general anesthesia such
 as urinary stone treatments or resection of bladder tumors. There is a paucity of data
 regarding the use of intraurethral lidocaine at the conclusion of these procedures evaluating
 patient reported dysuria. We have designed a prospective, randomized, placebo controlled
 trial to evaluate the role of intraurethral lidocaine instillation following endourology
 procedures in the anesthetized patient.
Inclusion Criteria: Adult patients, age 18 and older scheduled to undergo endourologic
 procedure to include ureteroscopy, rigid diagnostic cystoscopy, bladder biopsy, laser
 lithotripsy, cystolithalopaxy, and transurethral resection of bladder tumor in the
 operating room under general anesthesia.

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 Exclusion Criteria: active urinary tract infection, current dysuria symptoms, pregnant
 females, urethral stricture disease, indwelling foley catheter, and history of pelvic
 radiation

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