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Respiratory arrest after 0.75% bupivacaine retrobulbar block
A Castillo1, C Lopez-Abad, J M Macias
1Department of Ophthalmology, San Carlos University Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
Ophthalmic Surgery
|September 1, 1994
Abstract:
Respiratory arrest is an uncommon complication of retrobulbar anesthesia. We present a case in which it occurred following a 0.75% bupivacaine and 2% lidocaine retrobulbar block and analyze the possible causes. We conclude that the most important of these were the relatively high concentration and volume of the anesthetic and a faulty technique.