New eye block combo may cut surgery pain and sickness

NCT ID NCT03413371

First seen Nov 01, 2025 · Last updated May 11, 2026 · Updated 26 times

Summary

This study looked at whether giving a numbing injection around the eye before vitreoretinal surgery (a type of eye surgery) can lower pain, nausea, and a reflex that slows the heart during the operation. 184 adults having this surgery received general anesthesia plus one of three numbing medicines or no numbing injection. Researchers tracked how much extra pain medicine was needed and how often side effects occurred. The goal was to find the best way to make surgery more comfortable and reduce common after-effects.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Medical University of Silesia

    Sosnowiec, Silesian Voivodeship, 41-200, Poland

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