Preoperative site marking
- Kings Mill Hospital Department of Ophthalmology, Mansfield, UK
- Mr S Subramaniam, Kings Mill Ophthalmology Department, Kings Mill Hospital, Mansfield NG17 4JL, UK; ssubramaniam{at}hotmail.com
- Accepted 31 July 2008
It is with great interest that we noted the comments on correct site surgery and preoperative site marking.1
In our own experience, we have recently encountered two episodes of sub-Tenon’s anaesthesia of the incorrect eye preoperatively. Although incorrect eye sub-Tenon’s blocks are rare, they represent a relatively common cause of ophthalmological preventable surgical error, accounting for approximately 13% …
