Open AccessEffects of dexmedetomidine for retrobulbar anesthesia in orbital ball implants after enucleation surgery
Author(s) -
Weidi Ye,
Zhiyong Hu,
Xiuming Jin,
Pei Wang
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
indian journal of ophthalmology/indian journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1998-3689
pISSN - 0301-4738
DOI - 10.4103/0301-4738.170981
Subject(s) - dexmedetomidine , medicine , anesthesia , enucleation , bupivacaine , analgesic , levobupivacaine , lidocaine , surgery , visual analogue scale , sedation
Dexmedetomidine (DEX) can prolong the duration of local anesthetics, but the use of retrobulbar DEX has not been fully elucidated. This study was designed to determine the effects of adding DEX to lidocaine-bupivacaine for retrobulbar block in orbital ball implants after enucleation surgery.