Open AccessManual small incision cataract surgery under topical anesthesia with intracameral lignocaine: Study on pain evaluation and surgical outcome
Author(s) -
SK Gupta,
Ajay Kumar,
Dinesh Kumar,
Swati Agarwal
Publication year - 2009
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 - 10.4103/0301-4738.44488
Subject(s) - medicine , cataract surgery , anesthesia , topical anesthesia , postoperative pain , surgery , ophthalmology
The authors here describe manual small incision cataract surgery (MSICS) by using topical anesthesia with intracameral 0.5% lignocaine, which eliminates the hazards of local anesthesia, cuts down cost and time taken for the administration of local anesthesia.