Abstract
AIMS/BACKGROUND: Hyaluronidase can augment the actions of local anaesthetics in peribulbar anaesthesia. However, evidence suggests satisfactory anaesthesia can be achieved using mixtures without hyaluronidase. A randomised double blind study was conducted on 50 patients, undergoing peribulbar anaesthesia, to validate this observation. METHODS: Patients received a standard mixture of local anaesthetic (0.5% bupivacaine and 2% lignocaine in a 1:1 ratio) with or without hyaluronidase (25 IU/ml of mixture), pH values 5.16 and 5.24 respectively. Time taken to establish satisfactory anaesthesia to allow surgery was noted. RESULTS: The onset time to globe akinesia in the control group ranged from 2 to 15 minutes (mean 5.64 and median 4 minutes) and in the hyaluronidase group from 2 to 12 minutes (mean 4.64 and median 4 minutes). The volume of local anaesthetic injected to achieve satisfactory anaesthesia ranged from 8 to 16 ml (mean 10.96, SD 1.95) in the control group and 10 to 18 ml (mean 11.64, SD 2.8) in the hyaluronidase group. A Mann-Whitney test to compare onset times to globe akinesia between groups gave a p value = 0.6 and 95% confidence interval (-1 to 2 minutes). CONCLUSION: Addition of 25 IU/ml of hyaluronidase to a standard pH unadjusted local anaesthetic mixture does not significantly reduce the time to the onset of satisfactory globe akinesia.
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