Serious complications of local anaesthesia for cataract surgery: A 1 year national survey in the United Kingdom

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 470-475

  Eke, Tom ^a   Thompson, John R ^b  

^a NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEDATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EYE INJURIES, PENETRATING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE;

EID: 34247258292     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2006.106005     Document Type: Article

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