Visual experiences during cataract surgery: What anaesthesia providers should know

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 413-419

  Tan, Colin S H ^a   Eong, Kah Guan Au ^b   Kumar, Chandra M ^c  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cataract surgery, intraoperative visual experience, visual sensations, fear, preoperative counselling; Local anaesthesia, topical anaesthesia, peribulbar anaesthesia, retrobulbar anaesthesia, sub Tenon's anaesthesia

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; LIDOCAINE;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; AGING; ANESTHESIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COMORBIDITY; EXPERIENCE; FEAR; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERVENTILATION; PANIC; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERIBULBAR ANESTHESIA; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RETROBULBAR ANESTHESIA; RISK FACTOR; SUB TENON ANESTHESIA; SURGICAL STRESS; TACHYCARDIA; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA; VISION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; CATARACT EXTRACTION; HUMANS; NERVE BLOCK; OPTIC NERVE; VISION;

EID: 20844462061     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0265021505000700     Document Type: Article

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