Sub-Tenon's administration of local anaesthetic: A review of the technique

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 787-793

  Canavan, K S ^a   Dark, A ^b   Garrioch, M A ^a  

^a SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WYCOMBE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic technique; Opthalmological; Regional; Sub Tenon's block:Surgery

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; CODEINE; HYALURONIDASE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

AKINESIA; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ANESTHESIST; ANTICOAGULATION; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHEMOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MIXTURE; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; HUMAN; INCISION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; NERVE BLOCK; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROBULBAR HEMORRHAGE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCLERA; STRABISMUS SURGERY; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

EID: 0038201853     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeg105     Document Type: Review

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