Local anesthesia and anxiolytic techniques for oculoplastic surgery

This study discusses local anesthetic agents, administration techniques, ancillary considerations, and safety precautions for oculoplastic surgery including eyelid, lacrimal, orbital, and temporal artery biopsy procedures. Methods for reducing patient apprehension and discomfort including systemic p...

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Published in:Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) N.Z.), 2019-01, Vol.13, p.153-160
Main Authors: Ing, Edsel B, Philteos, Justine, Sholohov, Galina, Kim, David Ta, Nijhawan, Navdeep, Mark, Patrick W, Gilbert, Jaclyn
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alfentanil
Analgesics
Analysis
Anesthesia
Antianxiety agents
Anticoagulants
Anxiolytics
Apixaban
Botulinum toxin
Bupivacaine
Eyelid
Lacrimal Temporal artery biopsy
Local anesthesia
Methods
Oculoplastics
Ophthalmology
Orbit
Pain
Patient compliance
Patients
Remifentanil
Review
Rivaroxaban
Surgery
Surgery, Plastic
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Summary:This study discusses local anesthetic agents, administration techniques, ancillary considerations, and safety precautions for oculoplastic surgery including eyelid, lacrimal, orbital, and temporal artery biopsy procedures. Methods for reducing patient apprehension and discomfort including systemic premedication, topical pre-anesthetic, visual, auditory and tactile distraction techniques, regional blocks, small gauge needles, warmed lidocaine, and buffered lidocaine are discussed.
ISSN:1177-5467
1177-5483
1177-5483
DOI:10.2147/OPTH.S188790