Abstract
The anesthesia used in a surgical procedure for glaucoma depends primarily on the surgeon’s personal preferences. However, the complexity of the surgical procedure, the presence of other systemic clinical conditions and patient collaboration also play important roles.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Bibliography
Hustead RH, Hamilton RC, Loken RG. Periocular local anesthesia: medial orbitala s an alternative to superior nasal injection. J Cataract Refract Surg. 1994;20:197–201.
Greenbaum S. Ocular anesthesia. Philadelphia: WB Saunders; 1997.
Vicari D, McLennan S, Sun XY. Tropical plus subconjunctival anesthesia for phacotrabeculectomy: one year follow-up. J Cataract Refract Surg. 1998;24:1247–51.
Anderson CJ. Circumferential perilimbal anesthesia for combined cataract glaucoma surgery. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers. 1999;30:205–7.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2018 Springer International Publishing AG
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Caretti, L., Buratto, L. (2018). Anesthesia. In: Caretti, L., Buratto, L. (eds) Glaucoma Surgery . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64855-2_2
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64855-2_2
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-64854-5
Online ISBN: 978-3-319-64855-2
eBook Packages: MedicineMedicine (R0)