Anaesthesia for cataract surgery

Drugs and Aging

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-38

  Nouvellon, Emmanuel ^a   Cuvillon, Philippe ^a   Ripart, Jacques ^a,b   Viel, Eric J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROLOGY   (France)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Cataract surgery; Local anaesthesia; Regional anaesthesia

Indexed keywords

ARTICAINE; BUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MEPIVACAINE; ROPIVACAINE;

CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELDERLY CARE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERIBULBAR ANESTHESIA; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RETROBULBAR ANESTHESIA; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA;

EID: 73849119594     PISSN: 1170229X     EISSN: 11791969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/11318590-000000000-00000     Document Type: Review

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