title: [Local anesthesia in ophthalmology].
abstract: Ocular surgery presents some particularities: local anesthesia continues to be the most utilized and it consists in topical corneo-conjunctival anesthesia and local or regional infiltrative anesthesia. The term of locoregional anesthesia is utilized in ophthalmology for the reason that the two forms of anesthesia could be associated. In this paper the authors insist on different types and methods of anesthesia utilized in ophthalmology and on indications and benefits of each method. There are also presented the incidents and complications of local anesthesia in ophthalmology.
authors.affiliation: UMF Craiova.
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cernea
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mocanu
mesh_terms: D000772:Anesthesia, Local / Q000379:methods*; D000779:Anesthetics, Local / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D009407:Nerve Block; D013508:Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000779:Anesthetics, Local