title: Posterior peribulbar anaesthesia for intra-ocular surgery.
abstract: Posterior peribulbar anaesthesia is a safe alternative to the better-known retrobulbar route because the local anaesthetic agent is deposited outside the ocular muscle cone and away from the retrobulbar nerves and blood vessels. The potential dangers of a retrobulbar injection are therefore greatly reduced but the same degree of anaesthesia and akinesia is achieved. The much safer and easier posterior peribulbar technique for intra-ocular surgery is described with reference to more than 400 cases.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Loots
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Venter
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000772:Anesthesia, Local / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D013508:Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures; D011183:Postoperative Complications