Topical Anesthesia for Cataract Surgery: The Patients' Perspective
Purpose. To evaluate the analgesic efficacy of 0.5% propacaine hydrochloride as topical anesthesia during phacoemulsification surgery. Methods. Intraoperative pain intensity was assessed using a 5-category verbal rating scale during each of three surgical stages. Pain scores from each surgical sta...
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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Publishing Corporation
2014
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4094730/ |