Anaesthesia for Ophthalmic Procedures in a Teaching Hospital

Teaching corner: Regional anaesthesia for ophthalmic surgery.

Performing safe and effective regional anaesthesia for ophthalmic surgery is an important skill for anaesthetic and ophthalmologic practitioners. Akinetic sharp-needle blocks are generally safe but rare, sight and life threatening complications occur. Sub-Tenon's block using a blunt canula provides akinesa and is a safer alternative but serious complications have been reported. This review prov...

Orthopaedic anaesthesia for upper extremity procedures in a Nigerian hospital.

BACKGROUND General anaesthesia and regional anaesthesia have been used successfully for upper extremity orthopaedic procedures. Despite the advantages of regional anaesthesia, there is low utilisation in Nigeria. In this study, we assessed the types of anaesthesia employed for upper extremity surgeries in our centre. METHODS After obtaining approval from the institutional ethics committee, al...

Anaesthesia for ophthalmic surgery.

Anatomy for ophthalmic anaesthesia.

Study of the anatomy of the orbit, its contents and surrounding structures allows the anaesthetist to understand how to insert needles within the orbit. Local anaesthetics may thereby be deposited in sites where they may spread to block sensory and motor nerves to provide anaesthesia and akinesia, without damaging the globe, blood vessels, lacrimal apparatus, muscles or the optic nerve and its ...

Anaesthesia for liver transplantation: experience at a teaching hospital.

OBJECTIVE: To assess the anaesthetic aspects of liver transplantation. DESIGN: Retrospective study. SETTING: University teaching hospital, Hong Kong. PATIENTS: The first 55 patients who received liver transplantations between 5 October 1991 and 14 June 1997. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The anaesthetic technique used; indications for liver transplantation and type of graft transplanted; survival rate...