title: Anaesthesia for strabismus surgery: a regional survey.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dell
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D009466:Neuromuscular Blocking Agents