Arch Ophthalmol Chic
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Arch Ophthalmol Chic · Mar 2004
Simple outpatient postoperative analgesia using an orbital catheter after enucleation.
To evaluate an indwelling orbital catheter, placed at enucleation, for repeatable delivery of local anesthetic on an outpatient basis. ⋯ The orbital pain-control catheter allows a caregiver to easily and repeatedly deliver local anesthetic to the operative site following enucleation, resulting in effective postoperative analgesia while the patient recovers at home.