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PROTECTION OF THE EYES WITH OPHTHALMIC OINTMENTS DURING GENERAL ANAESTHESIA
Author(s) -
SCHMIDT PETER,
BØGGILDMADSEN NIELS B.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1981.tb03007.x
Subject(s) - medicine , anesthesia , general anaesthesia , ophthalmic surgery , optometry , ophthalmology , surgery
In a double blind trial 47 anaesthetized patients were given eye protection with the paraffin‐based neutral eye ointment Ph. Nord. 63 in one eye and the water‐based Methyl cellulose (MC) 4% in the other. Twenty‐four hours later the eyes were vital‐stained with rose bengal/fluorescein. No unintended effects of the ointments were found and no injury to the eyes were seen. Compared with the paraffin‐based ointment the MC ointment produced a more firm adhesion of the eyelids. A water‐based 4% MC ointment is therefore, as alternative to the fat‐based neutral eye ointment.