Lidocaine 2% gel versus lidocaine 4% unpreserved drops for topical anesthesia in cataract surgery: A randomized controlled trial

Ophthalmology

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 144-149

  Bardocci, Antonio ^a,c   Lofoco, Giorgio ^a   Perdicaro, Serenella ^a   Ciucci, Francesco ^a   Manna, Livia ^b  

^a FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c Istituto Superiore di Sanità ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; EYE DROPS; LIDOCAINE; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; EYE PAIN; FEMALE; GEL; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDATION; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; AQUEOUS HUMOR; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GELS; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0037224568     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(02)01562-2     Document Type: Article

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