Ocular rupture after accidental intraocular injection of bupivacaine.
OBJECTIVE
To report on the toxicity of bupivacaine that was accidentally injected into the eye.


METHODS
Observational case report. Clinical and electroretinographic examinations of a 78-year-old woman who had an ocular rupture after an accidental intraocular injection of 0.25% bupivacaine.


RESULTS
The a- and b-waves of the electroretinographics were normal after the repair of the eye by vitrectomy. The corneal opacification and edema present after the rupture did not recover.


CONCLUSIONS
The exposure of the retina to 0.25% bupivacaine may not alter the function of the human retina.
From the Department of Ophthalmology, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan.
Riyo
R
Uemoto
Nobuhisa
N
Mizuki