Sub-Tenon's anesthesia in vitreoretinal surgery: A needleless technique

Retina

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 291-296

  Kwok, Alvin K H ^a   Van Newkirk, Mylan R ^a   Lam, Dennis S C ^a   Fan, Dorothy S P ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Needleless; Sub Tenon's; Surgery; Vitreoretinal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANNULATION; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RETROBULBAR ANESTHESIA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VITREORETINOPATHY;

EID: 0033512818     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006982-199919040-00005     Document Type: Article

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