Postoperative morbidity following cataract surgery A comparison of local and general anaesthesia

Anaesthesia

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 435-437

  Barker, J P ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic techniques, regional', retrobulbar, peribulbar. Surgery; Cataract

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOPIA; DRINKING; EATING; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEADACHE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; SORE THROAT; TIME; VOMITING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTUSIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NAUSEA; PHARYNGITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0030012055     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1996.tb07786.x     Document Type: Article

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