Pinpoint anesthesia: a new approach to local ocular anesthesia

J Cataract Refract Surg. 1994 Jul;20(4):468-71. doi: 10.1016/s0886-3350(13)80186-1.

Abstract

Current methods of local ocular anesthesia, including retrobulbar, peribulbar, and topical anesthesia, have distinct limitations and many possible, potentially serious complications. We present a new technique that provides rapid, thorough local ocular anesthesia and eliminates these potential complications.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Anesthesia, Local / methods*
  • Cataract Extraction
  • Humans
  • Intraoperative Complications / prevention & control
  • Lidocaine / administration & dosage
  • Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures*

Substances

  • Lidocaine