An audit of peribulbar blockade using 15 mm, 25 mm and 37.5 mm needles, and sub-Tenon's injection

Anaesthesia

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 775-780

  van der Berg, Anton A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b REDCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; local: eye blocks; Ophthalmology: anaesthesia

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; EMLA; HYALURONIDASE; HYDROXYZINE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; TETRACAINE;

ADULT; AKINESIA; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; CANNULATION; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SOLUTION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEEDLE; ORBIT; PERIBULBAR ANESTHESIA; PERIOCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PREMEDICATION; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AGED; CATHETERIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INJECTION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK;

AGED; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; NERVE BLOCK;

EID: 4344704688     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2004.03799.x     Document Type: Article

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