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Anesthesia for the older ophthalmic patient
1Department of Anesthesiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
Today'S Surgical Nurse
|December 31, 1997
Abstract:
Elderly cataract patients frequently have comorbid multisystem disease. Local or regional anesthesia is provided to reduce complications of retrobulbar infiltration. Performing painless eye blocks without sedation is probably the safest route.