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JIAYUE, Wang et al. Development of anesthesia in Ophthalmology. Rev Cubana Oftalmol [online]. 2020, vol.33, n.3  Epub 02-Nov-2020. ISSN 1561-3070.

The information obtained by human beings through their eyes is essential for their interaction with the environment. This is the reason why we all consider our sight as our most valuable sense. It is thus easy to understand that any individual undergoing eye surgery will develop a high degree of anxiety. Hence the importance of their cooperation to prevent surgical complications, since on many occasions surgery is performed with local anesthesia. Preventing pain and stopping eye movement are therefore a crucial previous step in surgery. With the application of technological development to ophthalmology, new surgical procedures have emerged aimed at the patients' visual recovery and early social reincorporation. One of those procedures is phacoemulsification cataract surgery, which requires anesthetic methods that make it possible to achieve such an end. Examples of advances in this field are topical anesthesia and cryoanalgesia, both of which are applied at Ramón Pando Ferrer Cuban Institute of Ophthalmology. A search was conducted for papers published on the PubMed platform with the purpose of becoming acquainted with the development and characteristics of the anesthetics used in cataract surgery.

Palabras clave : Anesthesia; phacoemulsification; cryoanalgesia.

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