Efficacy of Subtenon's Block With Olive Tipped Cannula

King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 4

Conditions: Cataract

Treatments: Device: subtenon block

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01019018

RP 0928

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy of olive tip cannula to the standard Steven's cannula in performing subtenon's anesthesia for patients undergoing cataract surgery.

Enrollment: 120 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 90 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patient undergoing cataract extraction procedure under local anesthesia

Exclusion criteria

• Patients allergic to local anesthetic solutions.
• Presence local sepsis,
• Previous retinal or strabismus surgery in the same eye.
• Orbital abnormalities
• Previous subtenon's block in the same quadrant.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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120 participants in 2 patient groups

Stevens cannula

Active Comparator group

Description:

Subtenon with stevens cannula

Treatment:

Device: subtenon block

Device: subtenon block

Olive tip

Experimental group

Description:

Olive tip group

Treatment:

Device: subtenon block

Device: subtenon block