| Yazarlar |
Nurgül Örnek
Kırıkkale Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
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Alparslan Apan
Giresun Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
Prof. Dr. Kemal ÖRNEK
Kırıkkale Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
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Fatih Günay
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| Özet |
| Background and Purpose: Today no method of topical anesthesia for intravitreal injection administration has been proven to make the patient comfortable yet. We compared the effi cacy of topical levobupivacaine 0.75% and proparacaine 0.5% in patients undergoing intravitreal injections. Materials and Methods: A prospective, randomized study comparing two agents for topical anesthesia in intravitreal injections. Ninety-six consecutive patients were enrolled into two groups to receive either topical levobupivacaine 0.75% (n=48) or proparacaine 0.5% (n=48). Patients were asked to score their pain using a visual analog scale (VAS) immediately following the injection. The average of these scores was used as the primary outcome. The surgeon performing the procedure scored his perception of the patients' pain using the Wong-Baker FACES scale. Results: Mean VAS pain scores for two groups were found to be 44.77 +/- 16.42 and 34.18 +/- 14.83, respectively. Mean VAS pain score in the proparacaine group was signifi cantly lower than that in the levobupivacaine group (P=0.003). Mean Wong-Baker FACES scores for the two groups were 1.08 +/- 0.49 and 1.10 +/- 0.30, respectively. There was no statistically signifi cant difference between levobupivacaine and proparacaine groups (P=0.824). Conclusions: Topical proparacaine 0.5% was more effective in preventing pain during intravitreal injections. |
| Anahtar Kelimeler |
| Anesthetic effectiveness, topical levobupivacaine, topical proparacaine, intravitreal injections |
| Makale Türü | Özgün Makale |
| Makale Alt Türü | Diğer hakemli uluslarası dergilerde yayımlanan tam makale |
| Dergi Adı | Saudi J Anaesth. |
| Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler | DOAJ, EBSCO Publishing's Electronic Databases, EMR Index Medicus, Expanded Academic ASAP, Genamics JournalSeek, Google Scholar, Health & Wellness Research Center, Health Reference Center Academic, Hinari, Index Copernicus, MANTIS, National Science Library, OpenJGate, PrimoCentral, ProQuest, PubMed, Pubmed Central |
| Makale Dili | İngilizce |
| Basım Tarihi | 01-2014 |
