Open AccessPostoperative analgesic efficacy of sub-Tenon's block with levobupivacaine in retinal surgery under general anesthesia
Author(s) -
Ola T Abdeldayem,
Ghada F Amer,
Mohamed G Abdulla
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
al-banǧ. maqālāt wa abḥāṯ fī al-taẖdīr wa-al-in’āš
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0259-1162
DOI - 10.4103/aer.aer_116_19
Subject(s) - medicine , anesthesia , levobupivacaine , analgesic , oculocardiac reflex , perioperative , mortise and tenon , surgery , placebo , vomiting , nausea , visual analogue scale , reflex , alternative medicine , structural engineering , pathology , engineering
Vitreoretinal surgery is associated with undesirable intraoperative and postoperative complications including pain, postoperative nausea and vomiting, and oculocardiac reflex (OCR). Systemic analgesics have side effects and are contraindicated in some cases. We hypothesized that the preoperative sub-Tenon's injection of levobupivacaine with general anesthesia would decrease postoperative pain and intraocular pressure as well as the incidence of complication.