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Effect of prophylactic brimonidine instillation on bleeding during strabismus surgery in adults
Samin Hong1, Chan Yun Kim, Gong Je Seong
1Institute of Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Purpose:
To investigate the effects of preoperative brimonidine-purite 0.15% instillation on intraoperative bleeding and postoperative subconjunctival hemorrhage during strabismus surgery in adult patients.
Design:
Randomized comparative interventional case series.
Methods:
One hundred and eighteen eyes of 90 consecutive adult patients were instilled with either a single drop of brimonidine-purite 0.15% (42 eyes), phenylephrine 1% (38 eyes), or sodium hyaluronate 0.1% (38 eyes) 15 minutes prior to strabismus surgery. Intraoperative bleeding and postoperative subconjunctival hemorrhage were graded on a scale of one to three. The scores were compared among the study groups.
Results:
Scores of the intraoperative bleeding and the postoperative subconjunctival hemorrhage of the treatment groups were significantly less than that of the control group (P < .001). The scores of the brimonidine group were similar to those of the phenylephrine group (intraoperative bleeding score, P = .405; subconjunctival hemorrhage score, P = .722).
Conclusions:
Topical brimonidine administration before strabismus surgery may reduce intraoperative bleeding and postoperative subconjunctival hemorrhage in adult patients.
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