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An elderly lady with COPD has chronic SOB. She is listed for cataract extraction. What is the anaesthetic of choice?

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An elderly lady with COPD has chronic SOB. She is listed for cataract extraction. What is the anaesthetic of choice?


  1. Facial nerve block
  2. Bupivacaine infiltration of the peri-orbital skin
  3. IV midazolam
  4. Peribulbar acupuncture
  5. Peribulbar lignocaine infiltration
  6. Topical xylocaine
  7. IV alfentanil
  8. Epidural anesthesia

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The key is E. Peribulbar lignocaine. [The most used mode of anaesthesia in ophthalmic feild is peribulbar lignocaine].

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