Globe perforation associated with subtenon's anesthesia.
OBJECTIVE
To report a case of globe perforation while initiating posterior subtenon's anesthesia.


METHODS
Case report. A 40-year-old man with a history of retinal detachment in both eyes presented for repair of a second retinal detachment in the LE.


RESULTS
Upon dissecting a space beneath the Tenon capsule with scissors, the globe was perforated.


CONCLUSIONS
In patients with prior ophthalmologic surgery, thinned sclera, or excess scar tissue, increased caution should be employed during initiation of sub-Tenon anesthesia or an alternative method should be used.
Frieman
B J
BJ
College of Osteopathic Medicine, University of Health Sciences, Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
Friedberg
M A
MA
D000328:Adult; D000772:Anesthesia, Local / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003238:Connective Tissue; D015807:Eye Injuries, Penetrating / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D017075:Laser Coagulation; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D012086:Reoperation; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000601:surgery; D012167:Retinal Perforations / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D012421:Rupture; D012590:Sclera / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D012591:Scleral Buckling; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014823:Vitreous Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery