Abstract :
Aim: To compare the safety, efficacy and ease of administration of subtenonu2019s anaesthesia with peribulbar anaesthesia in manual small incision cataract surgery(MSICS) and assess the surgeon and patient comfort.nSettings and Design: A prospective longitudinal study was conducted among 200 patients undergoing MSICS at a rural tertiary care hospital wherein patients were randomly divided into the two groups of peribulbar (P) and subtenonu2019s (ST) block.nMaterials and Methods: After randomization, 200 patients were assessed for various factors including pain at the time of administration of anaesthetic, time to attain akinesia, patientu2019s comfort and satisfaction score.nResults: 200 eyes of 200 patients who underwent MSCIS were divided into Peribulbar and Subtenonu2019s group by random number table; of which 122 were women (61%) and 78 were men (39%). There was a significant difference in the amount of anaesthetic used, with the group P (8.37 1.19 ml) usage being more than the group ST(4.02 0.91 ml) (p Results: Significantly greater number of eyes in group ST had mild and moderate chemosis and subconjunctival haemorrhage compared to group P(p Conclusion: We found that subtenonu2019s anaesthesia was an equally effective technique for achieving analgesia and akinesia when compared to peribulbar anaesthesia in patients undergoing MSICS.
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Keyu00adwords Subtenon's, Peribulbar, MSICS