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| Year : 2011 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 138-141 |
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Single-injection percutaneous peribulbar anesthesia with a short needle versus sub-Tenon's anesthesia for cataract extraction
Ashraf M Ghali1, Abdul Kader Mahfouz1, Amr Hafez2
1 Department of Anesthesiology, Magrabi Eye & Ear Hospital, Muscat, Oman
2 Department of Ophthalmology, Magrabi Eye & Ear Hospital, Muscat, Oman
Correspondence Address:
Abdul Kader Mahfouz
PO 937, PC 112., Muscat
Oman
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DOI: 10.4103/1658-354X.82780
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Purpose: This study compared the efficacy of single-injection percutaneous peribulbar anesthesia (PBA) with a short needle with sub-Tenon's anesthesia (STA) to produce optimal operating conditions for cataract extraction in patients with complicated cataract. Methods: Two hundred patients with complicated cataract were enrolled in this prospective, double-blinded, randomized study. Adequate akinesia was a surgical requisite for all cases included in the study because of the expected difficult surgery. The patients were divided into two equal groups to receive either peribulbar anesthesia (PBA) with a 16-mm needle or sub-Tenon's anesthesia. Surgical akinesia (as a primary end point), analgesia, incidence of complications, as well as patient and surgeon satisfaction (as secondary end points) were assessed. Results: Both techniques provided similar analgesia during the operation and similar rates of incidence of chemosis with no serious complications; while the PBA group provided higher degree of akinesia 10 minutes after injection of the local anesthetic, a lower incidence of subconjunctival hemorrhage (SCH) and higher patient and surgeon satisfaction compared to the STA group. Conclusion: We concluded that when globe akinesia is necessary during surgery, the single-injection technique for percutaneous peribulbar anesthesia with a short needle proved to be more suitable than the STA in providing akinesia for cataract surgery. Also, this PBA technique demonstrated a lower incidence of SCH and was preferred to STA by the patients and surgeon. |
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