Cranial nerve palsy following retrobulbar anaesthesia.

[III cranial nerve palsy and brainstem disfunction following retrobulbar anaesthesia].

There are currently various techniques of locoregional anaesthesia used in cataract surgery. One such technique, described by Knapp in 1884, is retrobulbar anaesthesia, which is currently applied in certain cases of outpatient eye surgery. At present, the most commonly used technique in the treatment of cataract is phacoemulsification with laser. This is very useful in cases of soft cataract, w...

Unilateral Sixth Cranial Nerve Palsy Following C/S as a Complication of Spinal Anaesthesia.

Cranial nerve palsy (CNP) is a rare complication following lumbar puncture, which is a common procedure used most often for diagnostic and anaesthetic purposes. The sixth cranial (abducens) nerve is the most commonly affected cranial nerve. We report a case of unilateral sixth nerve palsy after spinal anaesthesia that improved immediately after an epidural blood patch (EBP).

Bilateral sixth cranial nerve palsy after unintentional dural puncture.

PURPOSE Bilateral sixth nerve palsy is a known though uncommon complication following dural puncture. The recommended treatment consists of hydration and alternate monocular occlusion. The value and the timing of an epidural blood patch (EBP) for sixth nerve palsy remains controversial as some authors have demonstrated benefits in performing an EBP early in course of the nerve palsy whereas oth...

VI cranial nerve paralysis after epidural anaesthesia.

Regional anaesthesia for cataract surgery: comparison of three techniques.

Two methods of periocular anaesthesia (PI and PII) were compared with the traditional retrobulbar block in a prospective study of 450 patients undergoing elective cataract extraction and intraocular lens implantation. A solution of local anaesthetic containing equal amounts of 2% lignocaine and 0.5% bupivacaine was used in all the groups. Hyaluronidase (75 IU/10 ml of local anaesthetic solution...