Conscious sedation with and without paracervical block for transvagina lultrasonically guided oocyte collection: A comparison of the pain and sedation levels, and postoperative side effects

Background: the quality of intraoperative analgesia withparacervical block (pcb) duringegg collectionin in-vitro ferti iization (iyf) is stiii unclear.objective: this study performed to compare the pain levels during egg collection and the subsequentintra and postoperative side effects in patients receiving a conscious sedation with and withoutparacervical block.materials and methods: in this prospective, double-blind, and placebo-controlled study , 60 patientsundergoing egg collection in their first iyf cycle wen; randomized to receive conscious sedation inconjunction with paracervical block with 10 ml lidocaine 1.5% (sedation + pcb patients or study group)or with 10 ml normal saline (sedation patients or placebo group).results: patients in study group experienced significantly less vaginal (loao-l.8.40 mm vs 20.77±4.60mm respectively; p<0.0005) and abdominal pain (l0 .87:l5.08 mm vs 35.33::::4.27 rnm respectively;p