BACKGROUND Transient ocular misalignment as a complication of parabulbar and peribulbar anesthesia has already been reported in the literature. The aim of our study was to present a case of irreversible iatrogenic vertical strabismus after cataract surgery, which had to be operated on. METHODS Clinical and orthoptic evaluation of a female patient with vertical diplopia after phacoemulsificati...

Introduction: Cataract surgery is one of the procedures most performed worldwide. Those are several options for anesthetic management, with many factors that affect choice any given technique, depending on patients’ needs, surgeons’ preferences and institutional facilities processes. Although being more invasive than topic anesthesia, possible hazardous side effects, peribulbar block still an e...

purpose: to compare general anesthesia (ga) with local anesthesia (la) in terms of safety and patient satisfaction. methods: in this interventional case series, 928 consecutive patients who underwent vitreoretinal surgery were included. data for analysis were type of anesthesia and operation, patient compliance, operating conditions and pain scores. general anesthesia was provided with a standa...

BACKGROUND Previous studies reported that, contrary to local anesthesia, cataract surgery under inhalational anesthesia is associated with substantial adrenergic activation. We tested the hypothesis that total intravenous anesthesia (TIVA) with propofol and alfentanil produces less or comparable adrenergic activation during cataract surgery than local anesthesia. METHODS Patients were randoml...

standard assays for such antibodies, no standardized criteria for distinguishing positive from negative results, and no data on sensitivity and specificity of these assays based on clinical criteria for a causal relationship. Although causality assessment methods in pharmacology remain a matter of debate, in our patient acetazolamide caused pure and severe thrombocytopenia with “certain” eviden...

The development of locoregional anesthesia in ophthalmological surgery has diminished anesthetic risks and facilitated faster post-surgery recovery, both of which are very important in ambulatory surgery. Even though in many health centers surgical correction of strabismus is performed under general anesthesia, in recent years an increasing number of ophthalmologists execute the operation with ...

Open-globe injury which is defined as a a full thickness defect in the cornea and/or sclera is a common cause of visual loss. It is an ocular emergency and surgical repair should be performed as early as possible in order to restore the structural and functional integrity of the eye. Anesthesia plays a vital role for the success of the surgery for open-globe injuries. Numerous issues must be co...