Journal
EYE
Volume 25, Issue 6, Pages 694-703Publisher
SPRINGERNATURE
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2011.69
Keywords
sub-Tenon; ophthalmic regional anaesthesia; ophthalmic blocks; eye blocks; complications of ophthalmic block; complications
Categories
Funding
- Department of Anaesthesia and Ophthalmology, The James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, UK
Ask authors/readers for more resources
The advent of a new technique that is considered much safer than previously established one leads to its rapid adoption. This usually leads to the identification of previously unreported complications of the new technique, and a re-assessment of its position in clinical care, which is precisely the state of play with the sub-Tenon's block. The sub-Tenon's block was introduced into the clinical practice in early 1990. A systematic recent search of subject headings such as complications of sub-Tenon's block, subtenon, orbital block, orbital block complications, and orbital anaesthesia was performed in Medline, EMBASE, and Cochrane database. Indeed there are complications of sub-Tenon's block published as case reports and the exact incidence of these complications is not known. Management and preventive measures of these complications are described. Although the sub-Tenon's block appears to be relatively safer than needle-based blocks but a proper prospective, randomized, double-blind controlled trial is essential for scientific proof that sub-Tenon's block is better than needle-based blocks. Eye (2011) 25, 694-703; doi:10.1038/eye.2011.69; published online 1 April 2011
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available