Randomized trial of anesthetic methods for intravitreal injections

Retina

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 535-539

  Blaha, Gregory R ^a   Tilton, Elisha P ^a   Barouch, Fina C ^a   Marx, Jeffrey L ^a  

^a LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

age related macular degeneration; anesthesia; intravitreal injection; lidocaine; pain; pledget; proparacaine; randomized clinical trial; tetracaine

Indexed keywords

BEVACIZUMAB; LIDOCAINE; OFLOXACIN; POVIDONE IODINE; PROXYMETACAINE; RANIBIZUMAB; TETRACAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THERAPY EFFECT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EYE PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAVITREAL INJECTIONS; LIDOCAINE; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROPOXYCAINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TETRACAINE; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 79952314296     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IAE.0b013e3181eac724     Document Type: Article

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