Surgical Techniques

Local anesthesia for uterine procedures

Publish date: March 31, 2015
By
Malcolm Munro, MD
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In this video, Dr. Munro offers a protocol of local anesthesia for intrauterine procedures, making use of both topical and injectable lidocaine at 5 anatomic sites

 

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