title: Topical anesthesia for cataract surgery: the patients' perspective.
abstract: Purpose. To evaluate the analgesic efficacy of 0.5% propacaine hydrochloride as topical anesthesia during phacoemulsification surgery. Methods. Intraoperative pain intensity was assessed using a 5-category verbal rating scale during each of three surgical stages. Pain scores from each surgical stage and total pain scores were compared for the factors of patient age, gender, cataract laterality, and type. Results. In comparison of cataract type subgroups, the mean total pain scores and mean stage 2 pain scores in both white mature cataract (WMC) and corticonuclear plus posterior subcapsular cataract (CN + PSC) groups were significantly higher than in the PSC-only (PSC) group (P < 0.05). Conclusion. Phacoemulsification with topical anesthesia is not a completely painless procedure. Pain intensity varies with cataract type and stage of surgery.
authors: Department of Ophthalmology, Bakirkoy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors: Aytekin
authors: A
authors: Apil
authors: Department of Ophthalmology, Regional Training and Research Hospital, Erzurum, Turkey.
authors: Baki
authors: 0000-0002-2842-9859
authors: B
authors: Kartal
authors: Department of Ophthalmology, Medical Faculty of Kafkas University, Kars, Turkey.
authors: Metin
authors: M
authors: Ekinci
authors: Department of Ophthalmology, Medical Faculty of Kafkas University, Kars, Turkey.
authors: Halil Huseyin
authors: HH
authors: Cagatay
authors: Department of Ophthalmology, Medical Faculty of Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey.
authors: Sadullah
authors: S
authors: Keles
authors: Department of Ophthalmology, Regional Training and Research Hospital, Erzurum, Turkey.
authors: Erdinc
authors: E
authors: Ceylan
authors: Department of Ophthalmology, Medical Faculty of Medeniyet University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors: Ozgur
authors: O
authors: Cakici