Retinal toxicity after accidental intravitreal injection of mepivacaine and adrenaline.

DISCUSSION: Anaesthetic injection during palpebral repair may be complicated by inadvertent penetration of the eyeball. Intravitreal mepivacaine and adrenaline could cause macular and retinal lesions.
PMID: 28760404 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Archivos de la Sociedad Espanola de Oftalmologia - August 3, 2017 Category: Opthalmology Tags: Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol Source Type: research