title: Circumcorneal perilimbal anesthesia in extracapsular cataract extraction with intraocular lens implantation.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the effectiveness of subconjunctival anesthesia in conventional extracapsular cataract extraction (ECCE) with intraocular lens (IOL) implantation.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eye Hospital, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  
  
  METHODS
  This prospective study evaluated the complications related to the use of subconjunctival anesthesia in conventional ECCE with IOL implantation. Patient-reported pain during surgery in the first 100 consecutive cases was also evaluated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Complications from the subconjunctival anesthesia technique were few. Patients did not report intraoperative pain severe enough to cause the procedure to be abandoned or the anesthesia reinforced; surgery was successfully performed in all cases.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Circumcorneal perilimbal anesthesia was effective for ECCE with IOL implantation. It is important that the surgeon is experienced in the technique and that patients are carefully selected.
authors.affiliation: Eye Hospital, Colombo, Sri Lanka. cabm@sri.lanka.net
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Makuloluwa
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dharmarathna
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000772:Anesthesia, Local / Q000379:methods; D000779:Anesthetics, Local / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007903:Lens Capsule, Crystalline / Q000601:surgery*; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular / Q000379:methods*; D008012:Lidocaine / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D016850:Limbus Corneae; D008297:Male; D009883:Ophthalmic Solutions; D010147:Pain Measurement; D011446:Prospective Studies
chemical_list: D000779:Anesthetics, Local; D009883:Ophthalmic Solutions; D008012:Lidocaine