Study of Anesthesia Agents Used for Ophthalmic Surgery

Background and Aim: Selecting an anesthetic agent for ophthalmic surgery has crucial implications for the surgeon, anesthesiologist, and patient, this study explores the common classes of anesthesia used in ophthalmology and the influence of age, gender, duration of surgery, surgical and comorbid antecedents, and type of surgery on those techniques. Methods and material: A cross-sectional descriptive study, in Damascus Hospital between 1/6/2023 and 11/8/2023. 100 male and female patients were collected to be included in the study, according to certain inclusion and exclusion criteria, and several statistical methods were used to explain and clarify the results. Results We studied a group of valuable results and found that the average age of patients (54.61 ± 18.584) and the average age of the group of anesthesia patients (retrobulbar and sub conjunctival block) (63.41 ± 10.057 years) (P-value = 0.000), and according to gender (54% males, 46% females) and the ratio of the use of anesthesia (retrobulbar and sub conjunctival block) among males to females (38% / 26%) and general anesthesia (12% / 15%) (P-value = 0.391), and it was found that the average duration of surgery was (50.23 ± 22.811 minutes), the average duration of surgery for anesthesia patients (retrobulbar and sub conjunctival block) (45.16 ± 12.311 minutes) (P-value = 0.003), the percentage of surgery (elective/ emergency) (95% / 5%), most patients The paramedics were given general anesthesia (P-value = 0.007). Conclusion Anesthetizing the eye has rapidly evolved in recent years, supporting the safety, efficacy and comfort of ocular surgery. Since there are many viable options of anesthetics available for ophthalmic surgery, a robust understanding of the patients’ needs, the skill of the surgical team, and surgery-specific factors ought to be considered when creating an anesthetic plan for surgery.