Comparison of 4% articaine and 0.5% levobupivacaine/2% lidocaine mixture for sub-Tenon's anaesthesia in phacoemulsification cataract surgery: A randomised controlled trial

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 496-499

  Raman, S V ^a,c   Barry, J S ^a   Murjaneh, S ^a   Jacob, J ^a   Quinn, A ^a   Sturrock, G ^a   Shaw, S ^b   Allman, K ^a  

^a ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c Royal Eye Infirmary   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICAINE; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; AGED; AKINESIA; ANALGESIA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHEMOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOPIA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EXOPHTHALMOS; EYE; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; EYELID; EYELID MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGEON;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, COMBINED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BUPIVACAINE; CARTICAINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR MOTILITY DISORDERS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 41849123512     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2007.115576     Document Type: Article

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