Academic Editor: Michael H. Dahan
Background: The purpose of this article was to evaluate the effect of
paracervical block before ultrasound-guided high-intensity-focused ultrasound
treatment of adenomyosis and uterine fibroids. Methods: This
retrospective analysis examined 2173 women who received HIFU treatment for
uterine fibroids and adenomyosis, among them 311 patients with paracervical block
and 1862 patients without paracervical block, from February 4, 2010 to March 8,
2019. We assessed treatment time, ablation time, treatment energy and volume
reduction. Paracervical block (10 cc of 2% lidocaine diluted with epinephrine
1:1 million) was performed before treatment. Results: When paracervical
block was performed, the total treatment time was estimated to be 0.886 times
(expected (–0.121)) which was statistically significantly shorter (p