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Modified technique of blunt cannula retrobulbar anesthesia for vitreoretinal surgery
1Retina Associates of Boston, Schepen's Eye Research Institute, MA 02114.
Ophthalmic Surgery
|May 1, 1993
Abstract:
We prospectively evaluated a modified version of a previously reported technique of retrobulbar anesthesia for vitreoretinal surgery involving the use of a blunt 19-gauge cannula to directly infuse anesthetic into the retrobulbar space. Using this method, 60 consecutive patients undergoing scleral buckling surgery had effective anesthesia and akinesia, with no complications.