Altered globe dimensions of axial myopia as risk factors for penetrating ocular injury during peribulbar anaesthesia

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 242-245

  Vohra, S B ^a   Good, P A ^a  

^a CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Axial length; Equatorial horizontal width; Globe penetration; Myopia; Staphyloma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CALCULATION; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE AXIS LENGTH; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MYOPIA; PERIBULBAR ANESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0033868434     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/85.2.242     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Inadvertent globe perforation during retrobulbar and peribulbar anesthesia
2. Cocaine's use in ophthalmology: Our 100 years heritage
3. Posterior peribulbar anesthesia: An alternative to retrobulbar anesthesia
4. Retrobulbar injection of anesthetic within the muscular cone (cone injection)
5. Techniques of orbital regional anaesthesia
6. General discussion: Opening remarks
7. Ocular perforation following retrobulbar anesthesia for retinal detachment surgery
8. Globe perforation from peribulbar injection
9. Anesthesia on ophthalmology
10. Penetrating ocular injury following loacl anaesthesia
11. Avoiding complications from local anesthesia (editorial)
12. Needdle penetration of the globe during retrobulbar and preibulbar injections
13. Perforating ocular injuries caused by anaesthesia personnel
14. Medial canthus episcleral (sub-Tenon) anesthesia imaging
15. Staphyloma and other risk factors in axial myopia