Pulmonary oedema after peribulbar block.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Local anaesthesia is now preferred for cataract surgery. Respiratory distress caused by pulmonary oedema is a rare, if well recognized, complication of the technique of retrobulbar block. We report this complication after the increasingly favoured peribulbar approach.
Medical subject headings
- Anesthetics, Local
- Cataract Extraction
- Pulmonary Edema