Addition of hyaluronidase to lignocaine with adrenaline for retrobulbar anaesthesia in the surgery of senile cataract.
A double-blind trial demonstrates the effectiveness of adding hyaluronidase to lignocaine with adrenaline in producing ocular akinesia and anaesthesia in retrobulbar nerve blocks. 92% of the blocks in which hyaluronidase was used for intracapsular cataract surgery were judged successful compared with 56% of those without added hyaluronidase (p less than 0.01).
D000368:Aged; D000772:Anesthesia, Local; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D004837:Epinephrine; D006801:Humans; D006821:Hyaluronoglucosaminidase; D008012:Lidocaine; D009407:Nerve Block
D008012:Lidocaine; D006821:Hyaluronoglucosaminidase; D004837:Epinephrine