Retrobulbar anesthesia in strabismus surgery. II. Use of a short-acting anesthetic agent.
Forty-two patients underwent strabismus surgery with a retrobulbar injection of 3% chloroprocaine hydrochloride. In the 18 patients who were followed up in the immediate postoperative period, the average duration of action of 3% chloroprocaine was found to be 2.13 hours. In addition to the advantages of local anesthesia, this short-acting anesthetic permits earlier modifications of adjustable sutures and the earlier discharge of patients on the same day as surgery.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000779:Anesthetics, Local; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009407:Nerve Block; D011343:Procaine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D013285:Strabismus / Q000601:surgery*
D000779:Anesthetics, Local; D011343:Procaine; C004616:chloroprocaine