Topical Anaesthesia for Cataract Surgery
Keywords:
Topical, Anesthesia, cataractAbstract
The purpose of this study is to determine if topical anesthetic with 0.5% propacaine hydrochloride is effective in reducing pain during phacoemulsification surgery. At each of the three points of the procedure, the patients' levels of discomfort were verbalized using a 5-point scale. For each patient's age, gender, cataract type, and surgical stage, we compared overall pain levels with pain scores from each surgical stage. The white mature cataract (WMC) and corticonuclear plus posterior subcapsular cataract (CN + PSC) groups had substantially higher mean overall pain levels and mean stage 2 pain scores compared to the PSC-only (PSC) group (P < 0.05). In summary. Even with topical anesthetic, phacoemulsification could cause some discomfort. Cataract type and surgical stage determine the level of discomfort.
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