title: Vitreoretinal surgical pain.
abstract: The surgical eye nurse found that some patients undergoing vitreoretinal surgery experienced pain after the administration of local anesthesia. This study proposed to determine which local anesthesia technique provides the best comfort level for these patients. A quasi-experimental design, with a convenience sample of 41 patients and a 0-10 visual analog pain scale, was used to test the hypothesis. The findings did support the hypothesis that one particular local anesthesia technique was more significant than the others. However, this study also found that if the conjunctiva is sufficiently anaesthetized with 2% lidocaine jelly, patients experience no pain.
authors.affiliation: Suburban Hospital, Bethesda, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Gail G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Morrell
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000772:Anesthesia, Local / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing; D015400:Clinical Nursing Research; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D007267:Injections / Q000379:methods*; D008396:Maryland; D016294:Models, Nursing; D024802:Nurse's Role; D010147:Pain Measurement / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D013527:Perioperative Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D012307:Risk Factors; D012591:Scleral Buckling / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013597:Systems Analysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014821:Vitrectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*