Assessing the Atraumatic Technique in Ophthalmic Patients

Research Institute of Ophthalmology, Egypt60 enrolled

Overview

This study is conducted to determine the efficacy of the cannula atraumatic technique as an alternative to the traditional needle penetrating technique to minimize the incidence of accidental globe penetration and/ or perforation, as the plastic part of the cannula is blunt and is difficult to perforate the normal globe being marble-like in consistency.

A prospective comparative single blinded randomized controlled clinical study was held in the operating theatre at Research institute of ophthalmology, on adult patients with age group between 18- 80 years of both sexes undergoing anterior, posterior segment or plastic surgeries. two techniques were used in comparison: the atraumatic technique, using a 20 or 22-gauge cannula advanced in the inferior-temporal peribulbar space after local infiltration. The skin and the conjunctiva will be pierced by the cannula and advanced for only 0.5 cm, then the cannula will be advanced blindly. Supplementation using the other sites (medial canthus and superior nasal) as needed.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Intravenous Cannula Regional Ophthalmic Anesthesia

Interventions

Cannula plastic part while applying peribulbar blockDEVICE

Using the cannula and introducing it peribulbar to apply regional ophthalmic anesthesia avoiding by this causing trauma to the globe, as the normal globe consistency is marble-like, the cannula can't puncture except in case of presence of staphyloma, so the cannula will either curve around it or will be kinked causing failure of the technique.

traditional techniquePROCEDURE

the patients are going to receive the local anesthetic standard of care technique by using 23- or 24-gauge needle introduced through the skin extra-conal and local anesthetic solution will be injected with volume AND concentration according to the surgery going to be done

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 80 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Adult patients 2. Both 3. patients going to do anterior, posterior segment surgery or cornea surgeries. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Pediatric population 2. Mentally retarded patients 3. Patients having Problems to lie flat, refused to take regional 4. Patients with communication problems as; language barrier, deaf and mute. 5. Patients with bleeding diathesis.

Locations (1)

Research Institute of Ophthalmology

Giza, Egypt

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Safe Ophthalmic block using Globe Akinesia Score by Sarvela

A scoring system out of 12 to assess the four recti muscles, orbicularis oculi and the levator palpebri superioris degree of akinesia post regional anesthesia where 2 is full movement 0 is total block, and also the anesthesia is assessed where 2 is full sensation and 0 is considered total anesthesia

Time frame: 3 years

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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