Anesthesia for cataract surgery. Result of a national survey
Lalanne, B.; Dupont, M.; Arnoux, M.; Filippi, J.M.; Nizzoli, J.M.; Girard de Langlade, P.
Presse Medicale 25(3): 99-101
1996
ISSN/ISBN: 0755-4982 PMID: 8746081 Document Number: 467587
In order to evaluate the impact of recent progress in anesthesia and cataract surgery, we conducted a national survey in France to determine which techniques are used. A questionnaire was sent to the most representative French ophthalmology teams: 66 teams participated in the survey. Seventy-one percent of the surgeons routinely used phacoemulsification: 91% of the anesthesists prefer locoregional anesthesia: contraindications most often involved general health status (89%). Ambulatory anesthesia was preferred by 16.7% of the teams. Phacoemulsification under peribulbal anesthesia is currently the technique most frequently used in cataract surgery in France. Ambulatory anesthesia is not yet widely used for this type of surgery.