Pilot Study of effect of topical anaesthetic on cervical compliance.

INTERVENTION: Following the introduction of anaesthetic ***INTO THE UTERINE CAVITY*** the patient will be cleaned and draped for their procedure in routine fashion whilst the surgeons scrub. The agent must be left within the endometrial cavity for 6 minutes prior to testing cervical compliance. After 6 minutes a disposable intra‐uterine catheter (usually used for performing hystero‐salpingograms) will be passed into the endometrial cavity. A small balloon at the end of the device will be inflated with ***1.0*** ml saline and the balloon withdrawn till some resistance is felt as the balloon reaches the internal cervical os. At this point a force gauge (supplied by department of biomedical engineering, sensitive to within 10 grams) is attached to the end of the catheter. The inflated balloon is then withdrawn through the cervix and the maximum force required to pass the balloon through the internal cervical os is recorded CONDITION: Cervical softening/compliance PRIMARY OUTCOME: To assess cervical compliance/softening after the application of topical local anaesthetic SECONDARY OUTCOME: N/A INCLUSION CRITERIA: Having elective laparoscopic or hysteroscopic surgeryIntact uterus.