Anesthesia for Pars Plana Vitrectomy with Insulin Needle, Is It Possible?

Table 2

Clinical data.

	Group 1	Group 2
	(25 mm)	(12.5 mm)
	(𝑁=60)	(𝑁=60)
Akinesia score
5 min	0.90 (1.2)	0.67 (1.1)
10 min	1.12 (1.2)	0.85 (1.1)
Initial volume; injected (mL)	9.47 (0.9)	9.63 (0.8)
Total volume; injected (mL)	11.03 (3.2)	12.52 (4.1)*
Patients required; supplementary injections	16 (26.7%)	28 (46.7%)*
Surgeons’ satisfaction	9.35 (0.56)	9.39 (0.51)
Intraoperative pain; (VAS 0–10)	0.58 (1.3)	0.31 (0.8)

Data expressed as a mean value and standard deviation or number and percentages.
* 𝑃 value < 0.05.