BJA Advance Access originally published online on September 30, 2005
British Journal of Anaesthesia 2005 95(6):825-826; doi:10.1093/bja/aei251
CASE REPORT |
Conjunctival inclusion cyst following sub-Tenon's local anaesthetic injection
1 Department of Ophthalmology, Kent and Canterbury Hospital, Ethelbert Road, Canterbury, Kent CT1 3NG, UK. 2 Department of Ophthalmology, Royal Oldham Hospital, Oldham, UK
* Corresponding author. E-mail: m.vishwanath{at}virgin.net
Sub-Tenon's local anaesthesia has become a popular technique of infiltrative anaesthesia for small incision cataract surgery. We report the development of an inclusion cyst of the conjunctiva following this technique. The aetiology of this complication and how it can be avoided are discussed.