Sub-Tenons versus retrobulbar anesthesia for cataract surgery

Ophthalmic Surgery and Lasers

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 773-777

  Khoo, Boo Kian ^a,b   Lim, Tock Han ^a   Yong, Victor ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANESTHETIC AGENT; GENTAMICIN; HYALURONIDASE; LIDOCAINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; INJECTION; METHODOLOGY; ORBIT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGED; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; ORBIT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0029658641     PISSN: 10823069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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