Topical Pharyngeal Anesthesia With Articaine for Gastroscopy
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2009-12-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Topical Pharyngeal anesthesia (TPA) is widely used during upper endoscopy. Articaine is local
anaesthetic that have not been previously evaluated in pharyngeal anesthesia for upper
endoscopy. The aim of this study was to compare pharyngeal anesthesia with 4% articaine to
placebo (Na0,9%) during gastroscopy in terms of benefit on patients' and endoscopists'
satisfaction.