Research Article
Anesthetic Approach in Ambulatory Vitrectomy: Peribulbar Block vs. Balanced General Anesthesia
Table 1
Results according to the type of anesthesia.
| | | N Peribulbar block | N Balanced general anesthesia | % | |
| Postoperative pain at 1 h, 3 h, and 6 h | Yes | 0 | 7 | 33.3 | 0.001 | No | 11 | 3 | 66.7 | Intraoperative hypotension | Yes | 9 | 3 | 57.1 | 0.03 | No | 2 | 7 | 42.9 | Oral diet introduction time | <1 hour | 11 | 0 | 52.4 | 0.000 | 1-2 hours | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-3 hours | 0 | 6 | 28.6 | 3-4 hours | 0 | 4 | 19 | Operating room occupancy time | Mean | 70.91 min | 104.50 min | | 0.027 | Median | 70 min | 90 min | | Minimum | 45 min | 60 min | | Maximum | 90 min | 180 min | | Time to hospital discharge | Mean | 15.18 h | 21.8 h | | 0.004 | Median | 17 h | 22.5 h | | Minimum | 11 h | 17 h | | Maximum | 24 h | 24 h | | Pharmacological costs | Mean | 5.45€ | 33.5€ | | 0.004 | Median | 4.65€ | 12.09€ | | Minimum | 4.65€ | 5.4€ | | Maximum | 9.06€ | 90.92€ | |
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