GENERAL ANAESTHESIA FOR EYE OPERATIONS

Control of the eye during general anaesthesia for intraocular surgery.

Interest in general anaesthesia for intraocular surgery is relatively recent. Undoubtedly, the small area involved may be anaesthetized and immobilized by retro-ocular and facial nerve blocks performed by the ophthalmologist. Also, general anaesthesia may produce problems in the many elderly patients and especially in those with concomitant systemic disease. Further, straining, coughing and vom...

Anaesthesia for Gastric Operations.

General anaesthesia for neurosurgery.

Anaesthesia for neurosurgery, especially intracranial operations, requires conditions which maintain the perfusion of the brain with blood. This perfusion results from the cerebral perfusion pressure: the difference between the arterial and the intracranial pressures. Anaesthesia must also facilitate surgical access by reducing brain volume and minimizing surgical haemorrhage. Other common prob...

Anaesthesia for Emergency Eye Surgery

An emergency is defined as an event that has to be dealt with immediately, usually within the first hour after presentation. The commonest eye emergencies that fall into this category are chemical burns of the eye and retinal artery occlusion. Neither of these requires surgery as part of the initial management. The majority of cases presenting as emergencies can therefore be defined as urgent c...

anaesthesia in operations of congenital craniofacial abnormalities

some syndromes that are characterized by abnormalities of the skull, facial bones, and mandibule, most of these patients are from the pediatric population. for the anaesthetic management of patients with various craniofacial dysostosis are as follows: 1) the necessary for careful evaluation of the airway by simply observing the patient. 2) evaluation of the patient for abnormalities of the hear...