TitleExperimental subdural retrobulbar injection of anesthetic.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication1984
AuthorsDrysdale DB
JournalAnn Ophthalmol
Volume16
Issue8
Pagination716-8
Date Published1984 Aug
ISSN0003-4886
KeywordsAnesthetics, Humans, Injections, Respiratory Insufficiency, Subdural Space
Abstract

Sudden respiratory arrest following retrobulbar block, a complication which has gained increasing attention, is explained by an experimental study in which radiopaque dye was injected into the intraorbital subdural space, as could easily be done in a living patient, and was shown by radiography to diffuse posteriorly along the subdural space to the midbrain surrounding the respiratory center. Clinical implications are discussed.

Alternate JournalAnn Ophthalmol
PubMed ID6497217