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. 2021 Feb 3;35(5):1295–1304. doi: 10.1038/s41433-021-01412-5

Table 2.

Summary of the use of sub-Tenon’s block to the total number of regional ophthalmic blocks used for cataract surgery (percentage, year of national survey).

Country Sub-Tenon’s block % (year of survey)
Canada

31% (2010) [84]

61% (2018) [84]

Japan 63% (1999) [85]
Korea 42% (2012) [86]
New Zealand 86% (2007) [87]
Singapore

5% (2004) [88]

7% (2016) [89]

United Kingdom

42% (2003) [79]

50.5% (2013) [56]

United States of America 5% (2003) [92]

Data should be interpreted with caution because of the inherent difficulty in getting a truly representative sample.