title: Anesthesia for cataract surgery.
abstract: Developments of anesthesia for cataract surgery emerging from literature published during the scanning period include new drugs for sedation before general anesthesia and some discussion about monitoring. A few articles report on both improvements in and complications of peribulbar and retrobulbar injections. There are studies confirming the efficacy of sub-Tenon and topical anesthesia, sometimes associated with facial block. A tendency toward topical anesthesia emerged. Intraocular drug delivery was studied for toxicity both for cornea and for retina, in experimental and clinical settings.
authors.affiliation: Ophthalmic Unit, Hospital of Rovereto, Salò, Italy.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bellucci
mesh_terms: D000768:Anesthesia, General / Q000379:methods*; D000772:Anesthesia, Local / Q000379:methods*; D000779:Anesthetics, Local / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D005123:Eye; D006801:Humans; D007267:Injections; D009883:Ophthalmic Solutions; D009915:Orbit
chemical_list: D000779:Anesthetics, Local; D009883:Ophthalmic Solutions