A two-year prospective study comparing lidocaine 2% jelly versus peribulbar anaesthesia for 25G and 23G sutureless vitrectomy

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 245, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1253-1258

  Theocharis, I P ^a,b   Alexandridou, A ^b   Tomic, Z ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Sutureless; Topical; Vitrectomy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DIXYRAZINE; LIDOCAINE; MORPHINE; STEROID; TETRACAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; EYE TOXICITY; GEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOTHERAPY; PERIBULBAR ANESTHESIA; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; RATING SCALE; SEDATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VITRECTOMY; VITREORETINOPATHY;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GELS; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINAL DISEASES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 34548047706     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-007-0556-y     Document Type: Article

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