| Title | Single injection peribulbar anesthesia with a short needle combined with digital compression. | | Author(s) | Riad W, Ahmed N | | Institution | Department of Anaesthesia, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, P.O. Box 7191, Riyadh 11462, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. waleed_riad@yahoo.com | | Source | Anesth Analg 2008 Nov; 107(5):1751-3. | | MeSH | Aged
Analgesia
Anesthesia, Local
Cataract Extraction
Equipment Design
Etidocaine
Eyelids
Female
Fingers
Functional Laterality
Humans
Injections
Male
Middle Aged
Needles
Nerve Block
Oculomotor Muscles
Pain Measurement
Phacoemulsification
Pressure
| | Abstract | BACKGROUND: We compare the efficacy of using a 15 mm to the standard 25 mm needle for performing peribulbar blockade.
METHODS: Blocks were performed on 150 patients using 15 or 25 mm needle length. Digital compression was applied by the thumb and index finger around the needle hub during injection with 15 mm needle. Anesthetic was injected until lid fullness was noted. Inadequate block was augmented.
RESULTS: No significant differences were noted between groups with respect to local anesthetic volume, supplementation, and akinesia.
CONCLUSION: Peribulbar blockade performed with a 15 mm needle with digital pressure is comparable to blockade using a 25 mm needle. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 18931243 |
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