Lidocaine Gel or Spray During Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy: Efficacy and Safety Randomized Controlled Evaluation of Topical Pharyngeal Anesthesia.
Lidocaine Gel is considered safe, suitable and effective option and exhibiting better performance in reducing the incidence of gag reflex, with the ease of esophageal entrance shortening recovery time and improving patient and endoscopist satisfaction. Decrease total propofol consumption in patients undergoing UGIE compared to lidocaine spray.
Authors
- Atef A. Alfeky
- Mohamed Abdelrahman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5798-9671)
- Ahmed A. Khalifa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0710-6487)
- Hany Said Ismail Ramadan
- Hazem A. Ali
- Ahmed Khalil
- Mohamed Ahmed Elbadawy
- Mahmoud Mostafa Elshamy
- Sameh W. Moursi
- Ayman Salah Abouelnour
- E Hemaidah
- Muhammad Mosleh Muhammad Muhammad Zabady
- Mohamed Allam
- Ahmed R Ali
- Mohamed Alshahat Elsayed Ali
- Mohammed Ezzelarab
- Ahmed Elsawy
- Mohamed Mohamed Hegab
Institutions
- Ain Shams University (EG)
- Mansoura University (EG)
- Al-Azhar University (EG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PubMed
- Published
- 2026-01-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7417/ct.2026.1973
- Primary Topic
- Airway Management and Intubation Techniques
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00