Vitreoretinal surgery has evolved to less invasive procedures, and it is used to treat a wide range of diseases. So anesthesia for vitreoretinal procedures has evolved, promoting adequate analgesia while reducing risks to the patient. In the present study two types of procedures for anesthesia during vitreoretinal surgery are evaluated regarding the pain referred by the patient during the whole procedure: peribulbar anesthesia versus sub-tenon injection plus topical jelly anesthesia. Through the comparative analysis of the pain scale of the two groups it is expected that the two modalities present the same anesthetic efficacy, showing that the methods used may be equivalent.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
56
Lidocaine 2% jelly applied to conjunctival fornices for 5 minutes then injection of 2-4 ml of ropivacaine 10% in the sub-tenon space with a blunt cannula through a temporal inferior incision
Peribulbar injection of 4-6 ml of ropivacaine 10%
School of Medicine - Clinical Hospital
Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
Pain score
Pain score referred by the patient measured with a Visual Analogue Scale (VAS). The VAS consists of ruler with 100 cm in length and scale from 0 to 100, where the numbers of this one are visible only in the side of the examiner. It is constructed from a metal ruler with a total length of one meter, supported by two transparent acrylic side supports and a sliding and movable metal weight on the metallic part of the ruler. Before the measurement of pain, the examiner will explain to the patients the functioning of the VAS. Each patient will be encouraged to pass the marker along the scale, with the help of the examiner. It will be made clear to him that point "0" is the point of the scale which represented "no pain", what is considered the better outcome, and point "100" corresponded to the most intense pain he could feel. The patient will be asked about: Intraoperative pain - the intensity of pain throughout the procedure.
Time frame: Once 30 minutes after the end of the vitrectomy surgery
Surgical complications
Surgical complications referred by the surgeon during vitrectomy
Time frame: Once At the end of vitrectomy surgery
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