Ophthalmic regional anaesthesia

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 632-637

  Kumar, Chandra ^a   Dowd, Timothy ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extraconal block; Intraconal block; Ophthalmic local anaesthesia; Ophthalmic regional anaesthesia; Sub Tenon's block

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; OXYBUPROCAINE; PROXYMETACAINE; TETRACAINE;

ABRASION; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CANNULA; CANNULA SUBTENON BLOCK; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHEMOSIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE; DIPLOPIA; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; EYE SURGERY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HEMORRHAGE; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MUSCLE INJURY; NEEDLE; NEEDLE BLOCK; NERVE BLOCK; OPHTHALMIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; OPTIC NERVE LESION; ORBIT CELLULITIS; PERFORATING EYE INJURY; PERIBULBAR ANESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL DISEASE; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RETROBULBAR ANESTHESIA; RETROBULBAR HEMORRHAGE; REVIEW; SEDATION; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA;

ANXIETY; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; HUMANS; NERVE BLOCK; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SAFETY;

EID: 53549090705     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e32830abc09     Document Type: Review

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