Anaesthesia for paediatric eye surgery

Anaesthesia for Emergency Eye Surgery

An emergency is defined as an event that has to be dealt with immediately, usually within the first hour after presentation. The commonest eye emergencies that fall into this category are chemical burns of the eye and retinal artery occlusion. Neither of these requires surgery as part of the initial management. The majority of cases presenting as emergencies can therefore be defined as urgent c...

Spinal anaesthesia for minor paediatric surgery.

Our recent experience using spinal anaesthesia for paediatric surgical procedures is reviewed. In 1984, 30 patients aged seven weeks to 13 years were anaesthetised in this manner. Lumbar puncture failed in four of 34 patients, 12 required sedation during the operative course and 11 required light general anaesthesia to complete these procedures. Tetracaine one per cent or bupivacaine 0.75 per c...

Ketamine anaesthesia for paediatric ophthalmology surgery.

AIMS Children with treatable, vision impairing conditions may not have access to surgical care when they live in regions where anaesthesia is unavailable. The use of ketamine anaesthesia in a developing region was studied to determine its safety and effectiveness. METHODS This is a consecutive series of 679 children who had a variety of paediatric eye disorders necessitating a short general a...

Anaesthesia for paediatric ear, nose, and throat surgery

Tonsillectomy is one of the most frequently performed surgical operations in children. According to the Department of Health Hospital Episode Statistics (http://www.hesonline. nhs.uk), 25 000 tonsillectomies and 6500 adenoidectomies were performed in children under 15 years of age in England in 2003. The tonsils and adenoids are lymphoid tissues forming part of the Waldeyer’s ring encircling th...

Paediatric Regional Anaesthesia: Stress-free surgery for your little Patient?