The purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy of oral sedation to intravenous sedation with anesthesiology support and monitoring.
After being informed about the study and potential risks, and providing written informed consent, a total of 40 patients will undergo vitreoretinal surgery with oral Triazolam and 40 patients will undergo vitreoretinal surgery with intravenous sedation. The IV sedative will be determined by the anesthesiologist or certified registered nurse anesthetist but limited to midazolam, propofol, and fentanyl. The study will be a prospective, cross-sectional study with a 1:1 randomized procedure and unmasked.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
80
The participants will receive oral triazolam with topical proparacaine and sub-tenon's mixture of lidocaine and marcaine.
The participants will receive intravenous midazolam, propofol or fentanyl with topical proparacaine and sub-tenon's mixture of lidocaine and marcaine.
Patient satisfaction: scale
The patient will complete a survey at the one-day post-operative appointment. The survey consists of statements regarding the surgical procedure and experience with a scale of 1 to 6 demonstrating the patient's agreement or disagreement with the statement. Additional questions regarding the surgery and not using the 1 to 6 model will also be asked in the same survey. There will be 14 questions in the 1-6 scale portion of the survey and 4 additional questions. After all questions have been answered, the scaled questions will be analyzed for an average score out of 6 per patient. Additional questions will be analyzed by percentage of each answer. The scaled questions will be used to determine the non-inferiority of the experimental treatment. Additional questions will not be included in the non-inferiority analysis but results will be included in the study.
Time frame: A patient satisfaction survey will be completed at the one-day post operative appointment.
Surgeon satisfaction: survey
The surgeon will complete a survey 10-15 minutes following the completion of the surgery. The survey will include a 6 question survey with statement regarding the surgeon's experience. The surgeon will be asked to rate the statement's accuracy from a scale of 1 to 6 with 1 demonstrating strong disagreement and 6 demonstrating strong agreement. An additional yes or no question will be asked. After all questions have been answered, the scaled questions will be analyzed for an average score out of 6 per patient. Additional questions will be analyzed by percentage of each answer. The scaled questions will be used to determine the non-inferiority of the experimental treatment. Additional questions will not be included in the non-inferiority analysis but results will be included in the study.
Time frame: The survey will be completed 10-15 minutes following the completion of the surgery.
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