Sub-Tenon's versus peribulbar anaesthesia for cataract surgery

Eye

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 639-643

  Briggs, M C ^a,b   Beck, S A ^a   Esakowitz, L ^a  

^a ROYAL ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cataract surgery; Local anaesthesia; Pain scores; Peribulbar; Sub Tenon's

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJECTION PAIN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERIBULBAR ANESTHESIA; RATING SCALE;

EID: 0030664710     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.1997.169     Document Type: Article

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