Evaluation of deep topical fornix block versus topical anesthesia in patients undergoing implantable collamer lens procedure

Peer review under responsibility of Egyptian Society of Anesthesiologists.

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	Hassan	Sherif
Design	Yes	Yes
Data collection	No	Yes
Data analysis	Yes	Yes
Interpretation	Yes	Yes
Drafting	Yes	No
Revising	Yes	Yes
Final approval	Yes	Yes

igure 1 Surgical microsponge before fashioning by scissors to 2 × 3 mm pieces and soaking in bupivacaine (bvi visitec, Dominican Republic).

able 1 Demographic data of both the groups (M = mean, SD = standard deviation).

	Group I topical n = 53	Group II DTFNBA n = 54	P value
	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD
Age	63.66(4.25)	68.532(6.725)	>0.05
Males	24	23	>0.05
Females	29	31	>0.05
Mean axial length	25.8 ± 1.76	26.29 ± 1.38	>0.05

able 2 Number of patients in relation to pain score at different steps of the surgery. Chi-square test used for data analysis. ^∗P < 0.0001 between groups.

	Group I topical n = 53			Group II DTFNBA n = 54
	No pain	Discomfort	Pain	No pain	Discomfort	Pain
Lid retraction	3	50	0	29	24	1
Tolerance to light	3	50	0	35	18	1
Keratotomy	30	23	0	51	3	0
ICL insertion	1	31	21	11	42	1
Irrigation/aspiration (I/A)	16	28	9	41	12	1
P I	7	37	9	21	26	7