Article

Effect of peribulbar block on emergence agitation in children undergoing strabismus surgery under desflurane anaesthesia

DOI: 10.1080/22201181.2018.1506645
Author(s): Jeetinder Kaur Makkar Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, India, Aswini Kuberan Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, India, Preet Mohinder Singh Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, India, Arun Magadi Gopinath Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, India, Kajal Jain Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, India, Jaspreet Singh Department of Ophthalmology, India, Narinder Pal Singh Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, India,

Abstract

Background: Strabismus surgery in children may be associated with a high incidence of emergence agitation that may be related to pain and visual disturbances. The objective was to evaluate the effect of peribulbar block on the incidence of emergence agitation in children undergoing strabismus surgery under desflurane anaesthesia.

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