Overview

Minimum Effective Volume of Local Anesthetic for Peribulbar Block.Does it Differ With the Eyeball Axial Length?

Status:
Completed

Trial end date:
2019-10-10

Target enrollment:
0

Participant gender:
All

Summary

The aim of this study is to calculate the minimum effective volume of local anesthetic for peribulbar block in patients undergoing cataract extraction surgery.

Phase:

N/A

Accepts Healthy Volunteers?

Details

Lead Sponsor:

Ain Shams University

Treatments:

Anesthetics
Anesthetics, Local
Bupivacaine
Hyaluronic Acid

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- we allocated adult patients aged 40-70 years, of both gender, American Society of
Anesthesiologists (ASA) II - III, listed for elective cataract extraction using phaco
emulsification technique with intraocular lens implantation surgery.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patients known to have any systemic contraindications (as severe hypertension) or
allergy to the local anesthetic, those who refused local anesthesia, high myopes
(axial length > 26 mm), patients with a single eye, those with complicated vitreous
hemorrhage, ocular infection, or associated glaucoma have been excluded.