DICLOFENAC VS OXYBUPROCAINE EYEDROPS FOR ANALGESIA IN PEDIATRIC STRABISMUS SURGERY

Forty children undergoing strabismus surgery as day patients were rand omly allocated to receive oxybuprocaine 0.4% eyedrops or 0.1% diclofen ac eyedrops for perioperative analgesia. A non-invasive anaesthetic te chnique using the reinforced laryngeal mask airway was used. The study demonstrated that both topical analgesics provided good to excellent analgesia and the anaesthetic technique was associated with a relative ly low incidence of nausea and vomiting. Complications were limited to two children who were admitted with persistent postoperative nausea a nd vomiting.