A comparison of amethocaine cream with lignocaine-prilocaine cream (EMLA) for reducing pain during retrobulbar injection

A prospective, randomised, double-masked, placebo-controlled study was carried out on 169 patients undergoing cataract extraction to compare the topical anaesthetic cream amethocaine with EMLA (eutetic mixture of local anaesthetic, lignocaine and prilocaine) and placebo in reducing pain during retro...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:

Bibliographische Detailangaben
Veröffentlicht in:	Eye (London) 1994-01, Vol.8 (4), p.465-466
Hauptverfasser:	Joyce, P W, Sunderraj, P, Villada, J, Kirby, J, Watson, A
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Aged, 80 and over Anesthesia Anesthesia depending on type of surgery Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy Anesthetics, Local - therapeutic use Biological and medical sciences Cataract Extraction Double-Blind Method Drug Combinations Female Humans Injections - adverse effects Laboratory Medicine Lidocaine - therapeutic use Male Medical sciences Medicine Medicine & Public Health Middle Aged Ophthalmology Orbit Orthopedic surgery. Maxillofacial surgery. Otorhinolaryngologic surgery. Stomatology. Ophtalmology. Investigation and treatment technics Pain - prevention & control Pain Measurement Pharmaceutical Sciences/Technology Prilocaine - therapeutic use Prospective Studies Surgery Surgical Oncology Tetracaine - therapeutic use
Online-Zugang:	Volltext
Tags:	Tag hinzufügen Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!

Beschreibung
Zusammenfassung:	A prospective, randomised, double-masked, placebo-controlled study was carried out on 169 patients undergoing cataract extraction to compare the topical anaesthetic cream amethocaine with EMLA (eutetic mixture of local anaesthetic, lignocaine and prilocaine) and placebo in reducing pain during retrobulbar injection. Fifty-eight patients received EMLA, 55 amethocaine and 56 the placebo. The pain was assessed objectively by the anaesthetist and subjectively by the patient. Significantly lower pain scores were observed in those patients who had amethocaine ( p
ISSN:	0950-222X 1476-5454
DOI:	10.1038/eye.1994.110