Anaesthesia for strabismus surgery: a regional survey.
An increase in the demand by local surgeons for neuromuscular block during strabismus surgery, and the forced duction test in particular, led us to review the literature and conduct a regional survey of anaesthetic techniques used. A questionnaire was distributed to 379 anaesthetists in the region and 264 responses were received. The results demonstrated that 55% of paediatric patients and 66% of adult patients may have been operated on under suboptimal conditions; residual tone may have been present in the extraocular muscles during forced duction testing and strabismus correction.
Dell
R
R
Department of Anaesthesia, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Williams
B
B
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000758:Anesthesia / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004363:Drug Utilization; D004739:England; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008485:Medical Audit; D019148:Neuromuscular Blockade; D009466:Neuromuscular Blocking Agents; D013285:Strabismus / Q000601:surgery*
D009466:Neuromuscular Blocking Agents