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Clinical Trial Controlled Clinical Trial
Low-dose midazolam infusion for oculoplastic surgery under local anesthesia.
Oculoplastic surgery with infiltration of local anaesthesia at the operative site performed as a day-case procedure is both efficient and cost-effective. Patients considered unsuitable for this because of fear or apprehension may, however, benefit from per-operative conscious sedation. We sought to study the efficacy and safety of this using midazolam, a water-soluble benzodiazepine. ⋯ A low-dose continuous infusion of midazolam can be used to safely provide effective anxiolysis and conscious sedation with good psychomotor recovery during oculoplastic procedures in a day-case setting.