The effectiveness of sub-Tenon's infiltration of local anaesthesia for cataract surgery

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 117-120

  Verghese, Indira ^a   Sivaraj, R ^a   Lai, Y K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b Gleneagles Medical Centre   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

extracapsular cataract extraction; local anaesthesia; sub Tenon's infiltration

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; TETRACAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA;

EID: 0029761529     PISSN: 08149763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.1996.tb01564.x     Document Type: Article

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