Dr.Ravali Yenepalli

Dr.Archana Gunabalan

Abstract

AIM:TO COMPARE THE COMPLICATIONS OF SUBTENON VS PERIBULBAR BLOCK IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING SICS(SMALL INCISION CATARACT SURGERY) METHOD: FORTY PATIENTS UNDERGOING SICS WITH PCIOL IMPLANTATION WERE INCLUDED IN THE STUDY, DIVIDED INTO 2 GROUPS. GROUP A CONSISTS OF 20 PATIENTS WHO RECEIVED PERIBULBAR BLOCK. GROUP B CONSISTS OF 20 PATIENTS WHO RECEIVED SUBTENON BLOCK. COMPLICATIONS LIKE CHEMOSIS, SUB CONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE(SCH), ECCHYMOSIS, PTOSIS, RETRO BULBAR HEMORRHAGE(RBH), GLOBE PERFORATION WERE NOTED AND DOCUMENTED. COLLECTED DATA WAS ANALYZED STATISTICALLY. RESULT- 55% OF PATIENTS IN GROUP A, 70% OF PATIENTS IN GROUP B WERE OBSERVED TO HAVE CHEMOSIS RESPECTIVELY. 40% OF PATIENTS IN GROUP A, 60% OF PATIENTS IN GROUP B WERE OBSERVED TO HAVE SCH RESPECTIVELY CONCLUSION- CHEMOSIS WAS SLIGHTLY HIGHER IN GROUP B (SUBTENON S BLOCK),AKINESIA WAS LESSER.IN COMPARISION TO PERIBULBAR,SUB TENON BLOCK IS SAFER AS LESS RISK OF GLOBE PERFORATION AND RBH DUE TO USE OF BLUNT CANNULA