The scleral buckle surgery is an effective way in treating retinal detachment (RD) patients. Retrobulbar block has been proved effective in scleral buckle surgery. Though retrobulbar anesthesia saves operative time and money compared to general analgesia, the intraoperative pain is frequent and a proportion of postoperative pain is often ignored. Ketorolac has been demonstrated to be a preemptive analgesia in other diseases such as adenotonsillectomy, posterior lumbar spinal fusion, laser-assisted subepithelial keratectomy (LASEK), and so forth. The aim of the investigators study is to determine the safety and preemptive analgesic effect of ketorolac in the perioperative pain control of patients undergoing RD surgery under retrobulbar anesthesia.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Enrollment
73
On operation day, the patients were randomly assigned to receive intramuscular Ketorolac 60-mg 30 min before scleral buckle surgery.
On operation day, the patients were randomly assigned to receive placebo 30 min before scleral buckle surgery.
Surgical procedure of scleral buckle under retrobulbar block anesthesia
Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Pain score using numerical rating scale (NRS)
Time frame: preoperative
Pain score using numerical rating scale (NRS)
any pain during the whole operation time
Time frame: intraoperative
Pain score using numerical rating scale (NRS)
Time frame: immediately after operation
Pain score using numerical rating scale (NRS)
Time frame: at 4 hours postoperatively
Pain score using numerical rating scale (NRS)
Time frame: at 24 hours postoperatively
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