title: Phacoemulsification procedures performed with topical anesthesia.
abstract: Phacoemulsification procedures with topical anesthesia, performed with small corneal incisions and 4% lidocaine hydrochloride methylparaben-free eye drops, have very high patient satisfaction rates because patients do not experience intraoperative pain, do not require sutures or eye patches, and have immediate improvements in their vision. Phacoemulsification procedures with topical anesthesia are cost-effective for surgery departments because patients have shorter hospitalizations and require fewer chargeable items. The perioperative nursing role is essential to the success of phacoemulsification procedures with topical anesthesia.
authors.affiliation: Methodist Ambulatory Surgery Center, New Orleans, USA.
authors.forename: D D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Garbee
mesh_terms: D000772:Anesthesia, Local / Q000451:nursing; D000075202:Contraindications; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008145:Louisiana; D018579:Patient Selection; D013527:Perioperative Nursing; D018918:Phacoemulsification / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000266:history / Q000451:nursing*; D013531:Surgicenters