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Incidence and impact factors of intraoperative loss of light perception under sub-Tenon's anesthesia in patients with macular diseases.

Dezhi ZhengZijing HuangGuihua ZhangDingguo HuangGuoqiao LinWeiqi Chen
Published in: Eye (London, England) (2019)
Intraoperative loss of LP under sub-Tenon's anesthesia was a relatively common and reversible event. The conduction block of optic nerve by anesthetic mainly contributed to the visual loss during surgery. Photo-bleaching effect also has some effect on the LP evaluation. Surgeons need to inform and counsel the patients about the intraoperative loss of LP, to prevent any sudden panic attacks in them.
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