Overview

Comparison Between 2% Lidocaine Gel and 5% Tetracaine Eye Drop as Topical Anesthesia in Phacoemulsification

Status:
Completed

Trial end date:
2018-01-31

Target enrollment:
0

Participant gender:
All

Summary

This study aimed to compare the efficacy between 2% lidocaine gel vs 0.5% tetracaine eye drop as topical anesthesia in phacoemulsification

Phase:

N/A

Accepts Healthy Volunteers?

Details

Lead Sponsor:

Indonesia University

Treatments:

Lidocaine
Ophthalmic Solutions
Tetracaine
Tetrahydrozoline

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- patients aged more than 40 years old who were planned to undergo elective
phacoemulsification with intraocular lens implantation at operating room. The surgery
was operated by an experienced ophthalmologist. Subjects had been explained about the
study, and agreed to enroll and have signed the informed consent form.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Subjects with history of allergy to topical anesthesia (2% lidocaine gel and 0.5%
tetracaine eye drop), subjects who used another method of intraoperative anesthesia
other than topical anesthesia, subjects with history of phacoemulsification before,
subjects with difficulty in communication, dementia, and anxiety.

Dropout Criteria:

- Phacoemulsifications duration more than 30 minutes, and subjects who resigned from the
study before the study ended