Meur G, Meur-Terfve L
Institut Edith Cavell, Bruxelles.
Bull Soc Belge Ophtalmol. 1998;268:111-3.
To evaluate the efficacy and safety of medial canthus local anesthesia in anterior segment surgery.
From December 1st 1996 to October 24th 1997, 234 patients underwent anterior segment surgery under caruncular single injection anesthesia: cataract, phacotrabeculectomy, corneal graft and triple procedure.
The technique achieved good globe anesthesia and lid and orbital muscle akinesia. Neither globe perforation nor lid ecchymoses were observed.
Caruncular single injection appears to be a good alternative to classical peribulbar block.