**8. Infiltration of vaginal wall**

The course of the future colpotomy is infiltrated submucosally with a vasoconstrictive solution. (1/200,000 epinephrine, 4 ml of ropivacaine, and up to 20 ml of saline solution). When there are contraindications for administering the epinephrine, saline solution alone may be used. Through infiltration with saline solution, a hydric dissection of the tissues is achieved, which determines the opening of the cleavage spaces, and the local anesthesia blocks the nervous transmission from the receptor level.

Accidental intravascular injection should be avoided.

**Figure 8.** *Pericervical infiltration with saline solution. The cervix is grasped with 2 Pozzi clamps, and a magenta dye marks the limit of the anterior and posterior incision. Infiltrating is strictly submucosal.*
