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Optimal Dose of Dexmedetomidine Retrobulbar Anesthesia during Phacoemulsification Cataract Surgery.
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- Clinical study of acupuncture combined with surface anesthesia using proparacaine in geriatric cataract phacoemulsification.World journal of clinical cases · 2023Article
- Effect of Dexmedetomidine in Sub-Tenon's Block on Emergence Agitation in Pediatric Strabismus Surgery under Sevoflurane Anesthesia.Anesthesia, essays and researchesArticle
- A prospective, randomized, triple-blind comparative study of ropivacaine-dexmedetomidine versus ropivacaine alone in peribulbar blocks.Journal of anaesthesiology, clinical pharmacologyArticle
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Abstract
backgroundThe cataract surgery anesthesia should be to make the procedure as safe and as satisfactory as possible for all concerned. The recent progress in anesthesia and surgery now allow cataract extraction to be done with minimal physiological changes to the patient. We aimed in the study to compare between two different doses of dexmedetomidine combined with lidocaine and bupivacaine during retrobulbar anesthesia for cataract extraction by phacoemulsification. MATERIALS AND
methodsThis study was done on forty patients with cataract. The patients were enrolled in two groups: Group (A):Twenty patients were received 1.5 ml 2% lidocaine + 1.5 ml 0.5% bupivacaine + 0.25 μg/kg of dexmedetomidine and Group (B): Twenty patients were received 1.5 ml 2% lidocaine + 1.5 ml 0.5% bupivacaine + 0.5 μg/kg of dexmedetomidine.
resultsThe globe anesthesia duration, globe, and lid akinesia were significantly longer in the Group B than in the Group A (
conclusionsWe concluded that dexmedetomidine 0.25 μg/kg, when added to retrobulbar block for cataract surgery, will significantly increase the duration of retrobulbar block and improve both the surgeon and the patient satisfaction.
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