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Why dont they numb you when they take a cervical biopsy while performing a colposcopy? does the patient have to ask or this is routine?
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It is not a routine practice to give local anesthetic during colposcopy +/- biopsy. This is a conclusion of a meta-analysis published by PubMed.gov: "this meta-analysis suggests that local anesthetics are effective in pain relief during a colposcopic-guided biopsy; however there is no strong evidence to recommend its use in current practice".
Answered 1/15/2023
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