[Grave complications of local anesthesia for cataract extraction: reports of 8 cases].
2001
: Cataract extraction performed under local anesthesia is not so safe. During a 2 years period, 8 patients have presented a complication: 3 patients are presented with diplopia, 4 patients are presented with eyeball perforation and 1 patient developed a central complication. All those complications are caused by the superior peribulbar injections of anesthetics. A survey of the different etiologies of the superior rectus muscle blow and of eyeball perforation is given.
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