Delayed Convulsions and Brief Contralateral Hemiparesis After Retrobulbar Block

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 275-278

  Pragt, Elien ^a   van Zundert, André A J ^a   Kumar, Chandra M ^b  

^a CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complications; Convulsions; Hemiparesis; Retrobulbar block; Subarachnoid injection

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; OXYBUPROCAINE; PROPOFOL; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONVALESCENCE; CONVULSION; CRYOCOAGULATION; DELAYED NEUROTOXICITY; DRUG PENETRATION; FACE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HEMIPARESIS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROBULBAR ANESTHESIA; SEDATION; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

ADULT; AMIDES; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; EYE; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PARESIS; SEIZURES;

EID: 33646569659     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rapm.2006.01.004     Document Type: Article

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