Comparison the Topical Anesthesia and Retrobulbar Anesthesia for 27-gauge Vitrectomy for Vitreous Floaters

Lin Zhong

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Perioperative Pain Experiences

Treatments: Drug: vitrectomy under topical anesthesia [Proparacaine HCL (Alcaine®)]

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03049163

KYQD131101-01

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 30 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. patients who is going to undergo vitrectomy surgery for vitreous floaters
2. age>18 years
3. patients who are willing to participate in this study

Exclusion criteria

1. patients who had vitrectomy surgery before
2. patients who had penetrating ocular trauma before

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

vitrectomy under retrobulbar anesthesia

Other group

Description:

27-gauge vitrectomy for vitreous floaters under traditional retrobulbar anesthesia

Treatment:

Drug: vitrectomy under topical anesthesia [Proparacaine HCL (Alcaine®)]

vitrectomy under topical anesthesia

Experimental group

Description:

27-gauge vitrectomy for vitreous floaters under topical anesthesia

Treatment:

Drug: vitrectomy under topical anesthesia [Proparacaine HCL (Alcaine®)]