Local anesthesia for cataract surgery

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 133-152

  Malik, Adeela ^a   Fletcher, Emily C ^a   Chong, Victor ^a   Dasan, Jay ^a  

^a EPSOM AND ST HELIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ARTICAINE; BUPIVACAINE; CHLOROPROCAINE; HYALURONIDASE; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; OXYBUPROCAINE; PROXYMETACAINE; ROPIVACAINE; TETRACAINE;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AKINESIA; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INNERVATION; INTRACAMERAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAOCULAR HEMORRHAGE; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NERVE BLOCK; NOCICEPTION; OCULOMOTOR NERVE; PERIBULBAR ANESTHESIA; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RESIDENT; RETROBULBAR ANESTHESIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUB TENON ANESTHESIA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA; TRAINING; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VISION;

ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CATARACT EXTRACTION; HUMANS;

EID: 72449145954     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2009.10.025     Document Type: Article

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