The effects of EMLA and a topical formulation of 4% amethocaine (Ametop) on pain associated with retrobulbar injection

Anaesthesia

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 596-598

  Browne, J ^a   Raza, A ^a   Awad, I ^a   Tan, B ^a   McAdoo, J ^a   Shorten, G ^a  

^a University College Cork and INFANT Centre   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Local anaesthetic; amethocaine, lignocaine, prilocaine; Ophthalmic; retrobulbar

Indexed keywords

EMLA; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; TETRACAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROBULBAR ANESTHESIA; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PRILOCAINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TETRACAINE;

EID: 0033036011     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.1999.00842.x     Document Type: Article

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