Abstract | PURPOSE: METHODS: Seventy-five patients were recruited. Local anaesthetic was given by a two-injection transconjunctival peribulbar technique. Injection and perioperative pain were graded by visual analogue pain score (range 0-10). Akinesia and orbicularis function were graded by the surgeon. RESULTS: The two anaesthetic mixtures were comparable in efficacy in producing anaesthesia and akinesia. Using the Mann-Whitney U-test for significance, pain of injection ranked as a mean of 0.88 for prilocaine and 1.03 for lignocaine and bupivacaine (p = 0.48, U = 635.5) Perioperative pain was ranked as a mean of 1.17 for prilocaine and 0.91 for lignocaine and bupivacaine (p = 0.41, U = 629.0). CONCLUSIONS:
Prilocaine is a useful alternative anaesthetic agent for eye surgery that has low toxicity and is effective without adrenaline.
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Authors | T R Henderson, W Franks |
Journal | Eye (London, England)
(Eye (Lond))
Vol. 10 ( Pt 4)
Pg. 497-500
( 1996)
ISSN: 0950-222X [Print] England |
PMID | 8944106
(Publication Type: Clinical Trial, Comparative Study, Journal Article, Randomized Controlled Trial)
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Chemical References |
- Anesthetics, Local
- Prilocaine
- Lidocaine
- Bupivacaine
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Topics |
- Anesthetics, Local
(therapeutic use)
- Bupivacaine
(therapeutic use)
- Cataract Extraction
- Double-Blind Method
- Humans
- Lidocaine
(therapeutic use)
- Pain Measurement
- Pain, Postoperative
- Prilocaine
(therapeutic use)
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