title: ANAESTHESIA FOR OPHTHALMIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Ophthalmic surgical procedures are performed under anaesthesia to enhance comfort and cooperation of patient.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To review factors influencing the choice of anaesthesia for ophthalmic surgical procedures.
  
  
  METHODS
  Restrospective descriptive study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eye unit of a tertiary hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  All patients who had ophthalmic surgeries in the operating theatre from January 2002 to December 2009.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Two hundred and ninety ophthalmic surgeries were carried out during the study period. Age range was 1-95 years and mean of 61.0 ± 1.9; most (55%) were elderly while 4.8% were children. One hundred and fourty seven (50.7%) were males, 143(49.3%) females; male:female of 1.03:1. Local anaesthesia was the more commonly (92.1%) employed while general anaesthesia was used in 23(7.9%) patients. General anaesthesia was used more frequently (71.4%) in children compared to other age groups; the mean age and standard error of means for patients who had general anaesthesia (27.2 /5.4 years) is smaller compared to 63.9/0.93 years for patients who had local anaesthesia (p < 0.0001). Regional anaesthesia was the most frequently used for all types of procedures except for eye wall repairs in which general anaesthesia was used for 71.4% of patients (p < 0.0001). General anaesthesia was indicated in seven (41.2%) of emergency ophthalmic surgical procedures as compared to 16 (5.9%) of elective ophthalmic procedures P < 0.0001.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  General anaesthesia was more commonly employed in children, eye wall repairs and emergency ophthalmic surgical procedures.
authors: O H
authors: OH
authors: Onakpoya
authors: F D
authors: FD
authors: Asudo
authors: A O
authors: AO
authors: Adeoye
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000758:Anesthesia; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009549:Nigeria; D013508:Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures; D018579:Patient Selection; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D055815:Young Adult