Journal of cataract and refractive surgery
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J Cataract Refract Surg · Aug 2002
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialEffect of hyaluronidase on ocular motility in sub-Tenon's anesthesia: randomized controlled trial.
To assess the effect of hyaluronidase additive on the onset and degree of ocular akinesia in sub-Tenon's anesthesia for cataract surgery. ⋯ The addition of hyaluronidase in sub-Tenon's anesthesia significantly improved the rapidity of the onset of akinesia. This benefit disappeared over time; after 5 minutes the akinesia observed in the group receiving hyaluronidase was similar to that in the group receiving lignocaine alone. Thus, there appears to be no benefit to adding hyaluronidase to the anesthetic solution in terms of final ocular akinesia.