Preoperative transcervical analgesia for laparoscopic sterilization with Filshie clips. A double blind randomized trial.

Objective: To evaluate the use of preoperative transcervical analgesia for reducing postoperative pain from laparoscopic sterilization with Filshie clips.

Design: A double blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial.

Setting: Gynecologic day-care clinic of Vejle Hospital, Vejle, Denmark.