Sub-Tenon's anaesthesia versus topical anaesthesia for cataract surgery

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Davison, Marc ^a   Padroni, S ^b   Bunce, C ^b   Ruschen H ^b  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

*Cataract extraction; Adult; Anesthesia, local adverse effects; *methods ; Anesthetics, local *administration dosage ; Humans; Nerve block *methods ; Pain measurement; Pain etiology ; Randomized controlled trials as topic

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; DICLOFENAC; HYALURONIDASE; HYDROXYZINE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MIDAZOLAM; OXYBUPROCAINE; PHENYLEPHRINE; PROXYMETACAINE; SEDATIVE AGENT; TETRACAINE; TROPICAMIDE;

ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHEMOSIS; COCHRANE LIBRARY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOCULAR HEMORRHAGE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LOW DRUG DOSE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 39149085453     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006291.pub2     Document Type: Review

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