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Aim of work: To investigate the implication of topical urethral anesthetic gel
on the evaluation of retrograde urethrography (RGU).
Material and Methods: In this
prospective study, 20 patients with a Mean age of 46 years were
enrolled. All these patients were
subjected to RGU because of suspecting
a urethral stricture. Thirteen of these had a History of open or endoscopic
urethral manipulation, while 7 had no such a history. In all patients 10 cc of Gelicain gel 2% (Iidocainhydrodoride) was used as local
anesthetic gel at temperature of 22 degree C. The injection was made gradually over 10 seconds. The first set of RGU was done without local
anesthesia and the second image was taken after la
minutes of instillation of 2% gelicain gel. All images were evaluated by the same radiologist. The diameter of the
urethra was measured by capture screen during fluoroscopy immediately distal to the stricture site in case of urethral
strictures and at the middle of the bulbous urethra in
other cases.
Results: In a II patients the mean diameter of the urethra at the
selected site was 8.7 ± 2.5 mm before and 9.4 ± 2.9 mm after instillation of local anesthetic gel (P = 0.005). The stricture was
diagnosed in 13 cases while 7 patients had no stricture. The clinical diagnosis
of a possible stricture was the same before and
after instillation of the local agent in all patients.
Conclusion: Instillation of the
local anesthetic gel before RGU produces a slight but statistically significant increase in the diameter of the urethra at the selected sites.
However, neither the radiologic reading of RGU nor the clinical diagnosis of a possible stricture was changed because of this increment.