[Our 1st experience with paracervical analgesia in cerclage of the cervix].

Cerclage cervicis in paracervical analgesia with lidocaine and diazepam premedication has proved a very simple procedure. It can successfully be applied in pregnancy, without any harm to mother or fetoplacental unit. Out of a total of 50 cerclage cervicis in 48 women (96%) completed their pregnancy successfully. Earlier these women had had 94 pregnancies but with a successful issue only in 31 cases (32.97%). These results, supported by data on the decreased perinatal mortality from 232.5% to 40%, also fully justify the use of paracervical analgesia by lidocaine.