Four-quadrant local anaesthesia technique for vitreoretinal surgery
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Local anaesthesia for 1221 vitreoretinal procedures.
BACKGROUND Vitreoretinal (VR) surgery has been increasingly performed under local anaesthesia (LA) in this unit. The results of an audit monitoring this change are presented. METHODS Data were collected on 1497 patients including type, volume, and position of the anaesthetic block, type of surgery, complications, and patient reactions. RESULTS 1221/1479 (82%) patients had LA. They were olde...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Eye
سال: 1992
ISSN: 0950-222X,1476-5454
DOI: 10.1038/eye.1992.126