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Routine anesthesia methods for vitrectomy surgery include retrobulbar and peribulbar anesthesia. However, both methods have potential complications that can vary from minor to severe.
Vitrectomy surgery for vitreous floaters is widely considered straighter forward than other vitreoretinal surgeries.
Hence, the investigators compared the effect of topical anesthesia (with eye drops) and retrobulbar anesthesia for 27-gauge par plana vitrectomy for symptomatic vitreous floaters.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| vitrectomy under retrobulbar anesthesia | Other | 27-gauge vitrectomy for vitreous floaters under traditional retrobulbar anesthesia |
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| vitrectomy under topical anesthesia | Experimental | 27-gauge vitrectomy for vitreous floaters under topical anesthesia |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| vitrectomy under topical anesthesia [Proparacaine HCL (AlcaineĀ®)] | Drug | to observe the anesthesia effect of topical anesthesia of 27-gauge vitrectomy for vitreous floaters |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Visual Analogue Pain Scale | 2 hour post-operation |
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| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| Zhong Lin, Doctor | Contact | +8613758475525 |
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Ethics Committee of The Eye Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University | Recruiting | Wenzhou | Zhejiang | 325027 | China |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 29981573 | Derived | Wu RH, Zhang R, Lin Z, Liang QH, Moonasar N. A comparison between topical and retrobulbar anesthesia in 27-gauge vitrectomy for vitreous floaters: a randomized controlled trial. BMC Ophthalmol. 2018 Jul 7;18(1):164. doi: 10.1186/s12886-018-0838-7. | |
| 29318039 | Derived | Lin Z, Zhang R, Liang QH, Lin K, Xiao YS, Moonasar N, Wu RH. Surgical Outcomes of 27-Gauge Pars PLana Vitrectomy for Symptomatic Vitreous Floaters. J Ophthalmol. 2017;2017:5496298. doi: 10.1155/2017/5496298. Epub 2017 Nov 29. |
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| ID | Term |
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| C005717 | proxymetacaine |
| C022030 | methylacetylene |
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