Complications of regional anesthesia for ophthalmic surgery.

Ocular regional anesthesia can be accomplished with either a peribulbar or retrobulbar approach. Each has advantages and disadvantages. Complications can be vision-threatening or life-threatening. Positioning the eye in neutral gaze when retrobulbar block is executed and using a needle no longer tha...

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Autor principal: McGoldrick, K. E.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine 1993
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2588880/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7825345
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description Ocular regional anesthesia can be accomplished with either a peribulbar or retrobulbar approach. Each has advantages and disadvantages. Complications can be vision-threatening or life-threatening. Positioning the eye in neutral gaze when retrobulbar block is executed and using a needle no longer than 31 mm are effective strategies to reduce the incidence of serious complications.
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spelling pubmed-25888802008-12-01 Complications of regional anesthesia for ophthalmic surgery. McGoldrick, K. E. Yale J Biol Med Research Article Ocular regional anesthesia can be accomplished with either a peribulbar or retrobulbar approach. Each has advantages and disadvantages. Complications can be vision-threatening or life-threatening. Positioning the eye in neutral gaze when retrobulbar block is executed and using a needle no longer than 31 mm are effective strategies to reduce the incidence of serious complications. Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine 1993 /pmc/articles/PMC2588880/ /pubmed/7825345 Text en
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title_full Complications of regional anesthesia for ophthalmic surgery.
title_fullStr Complications of regional anesthesia for ophthalmic surgery.
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