Journal of Surgery and Anesthesia

Physician of the Municipal Health Department of Goiania, Goias Federal University, Goias, Brazil

Publications

• Research Article   
  Subtenon Block with 1% Ropivacaine and 0.75% Bupivacaine for Cataract Surgery: A Randomized, Double-Blind Clinical Trial
  Author(s): Diego Campos da Rocha David, Denismar Borges de Miranda*, Marco Aurelio Soares Amorim, Adriana de Oliveira Cordeiro, Jose Fernando Bastos Folgosi, Larissa Goveia Moreira and Catia Sousa Goveia
  
  Background: Cataract surgery is the most frequent operation performed in Ophthalmology, and the subtenon block is one of the executed modalities of regional anesthesia. This study aims to compare the quality of anesthesia between ropivacaine and racemic bupivacaine in the subtenon block for cataract surgeries with phacoemulsification technique. Methods: Clinical trial, randomized and double-masked, comparing the quality of anesthesia of 1% ropivacaine (GR) and 0.75% racemic bupivacaine with epinephrine (GB) under subtenon block for cataract surgery. Sample with 64 patients, 32 randomly assigned to GR and 32 in GB. All blockages were performed with 5 mL solution added with 40 IU/mL hyalurunidase. Motor akinesia, intraocular pressure, ocular perfusion pressure, analgesia, sedation level and anthropometric characteristics were eval.. View more»
  

  DOI: 10.35248/2684-1606.21.5.156

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