Background: We report a case of brainstem anesthesia (BSA) and subsequent cardiac arrest
following a routinary peribulbar block (PB) in a patient scheduled for cataract extraction and …

Background and Objectives: Although vitreoretinal surgery (VRS) is most commonly
performed under regional anaesthesia (RA), in patients who might be unable to cooperate …

The intraprocedural immobilization of selected subsets of patients undergoing pars plana
vitrectomy (PPV) requires the performance of general anesthesia (GA), which entails the …

Peribulbar block is used to obtain anaesthesia and akinesia of the eye by injecting a local
anaesthetic around the musclecone. A patient scheduled for cataract surgery received …

Background and Objectives: Although vitreoretinal surgery (VRS) is most commonly
performed under regional anaesthesia (RA), in patients who might be unable to cooperate …

Purpose: To report a case series of two patients with contralateral anesthesia after
retrobulbar block. Methods: Retrospective review of two cases and review of the literature …

BackgroundOphthalmic regional anesthesia is now the most common anesthetic technique
used for eye surgeries. There are various modes of needle-based ophthalmic anesthesia …

Neuro-ophthalmogical complications are rare but can be serious after regional block. We
present a case of a 54-year-old diabetic patient who was scheduled for pars plana …

Brainstem anesthesia (BSA) is a rare but serious complication of the peribulbar block. Fewer
than ten cases have been reported in the literature. We report a case of BSA after the …

Peribulbar block was introduced in ophthalmic anesthesia practice in order to reduce the
complications from retrobulbar anesthesia such as retrobulbar hemorrhage, brainstem …