Safety and efficacy of peribulbar block as adjunct to general anaesthesia for paediatric ophthalmic surgery

Methods: Fifty children (age 5–14 years, ASA I–II) undergoing elective ophthalmic surgery were chosen for the study. Of these, 25 received intravenous pethidine (control group) and 25 received a peribulbar block (block group) for perioperative analgesia, and were monitored intraoperatively and postoperatively by an investigator blinded to the analgesic technique.

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