The incidence of asystole in patients undergoing strabismus surgery.
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the incidence of asystole during strabismus surgery.


METHODS
Retrospective, noncomparative interventional case series.


METHODS
Six months to 80 years of age of 3628 consecutive patients who underwent strabismus surgery from October 1994 to May 2007 were enrolled.


RESULTS
Four patients (0.11%) under general anaesthesia showed asystole during strabismus surgery. All four were adults of 28, 32, 50, and 53 years of age. Two patients had hypertension and three had preoperative electrocardiographic abnormalities. Three patients had previously undergone uneventful strabismus surgery.


CONCLUSIONS
Asystole is likely to be encountered during strabismus surgery with an incidence of ca. 0.11%.
Min
S-W
SW
Department of Anesthesiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul-Metropolitan Boramae Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
Hwang
J-M
JM
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013285:Strabismus / Q000601:surgery*; D055815:Young Adult