The Effect of Subtenons Lidocaine Injection and/or Preoperative Anxiety on Emergence Agitation after Sevoflurane Anesthesia in Pediatric Strabismus Surgery. |
Il Sook Seo, Seung Gi Lim, Myung Mi Kim |
1Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Daegu, Korea. isseo@med.yu.ac.kr 2Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Daegu, Korea. |
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Abstract |
< 0.05). The incidence of emergence agitation was 17% in the subtenons lidocaine injection group, which was significantly lower than in the control group (36%) (P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS A lidocaine injection into the subtenons space reduces emergence agitation after sevoflurane anesthesia in pediatric strabismus surgery. |
Key Words:
emergence agitation; lidocaine injection; pediatric strabismus surgery; preoperative anxiety; sevoflurane anesthesia |
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