Dr.Ritu Singh

Prof.Sanjiv Kumar Gupta, Dr.Ajai Kumar

Abstract

AIM:

To evaluate the patient comfort and surgical safety using 2% lignocaine jelly augmented with intracameral 1.0% lignocaine solution for anesthetizing the eyes undergoing PPV.

SETTINGS AND DESIGN:

Prospective interventional case series at tertiary care hospital.

SUBJECTS AND METHODS:

Patients planned for PPV for indications other than retinal detachment were included in the study. The pain perception was evaluated using visual analog scale (VAS).

RESULTS:

There were 114 eyes of 114 patients in the study out of which 68.4% (n = 78) were males. The mean age was 42.31 years. The mean surgical time was 34.0 min (range 13–80 min, SD 14.2). The pain perception on VAS scale averaged 3.0 (range 0–8, SD 1.59, median 3.0). Pain scores were not affected by the age (Pearson correlation = 0.098, P = 0.3), gender (P = 0.44), or the educational status of the participant (P = 0.28). The pain scores were not affected by the indications of surgery (P = 0.58) or the use of silicone oil (P = 0.07).

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