Peritopic anesthesia: a new alternative in cataract surgery

Abstract

José A Abreu,1 Rodrigo Abreu,2 Luis M Cordovés,1 José J Aguilar11Ophthalmology Department, University Hospital of the Canary Islands, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain; 2Ophthalmology Department, University Hospital of La Candelaria, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain We read with interest the recently published article "Superior subconjunctival anesthesia versus retrobulbar anesthesia for manual small-incision cataract surgery in a residency training program: a randomized controlled trial" by Pipat Kongsap,1 where the author studied possible differences in the clinical outcomes of superior subconjunctival anesthesia and retrobulbar anesthesia, in a residency training program.View original paper by Kongsap.