Anaesthesia

A specialist Anaesthetist will give your assisted local anaesthetic. This is done to assure your safety and comfort.

Complications associated with assisted local anaesthetic are common. Severe complications such as haemorrhage or accidental perforation of the wall of the eye which can cause loss of vision are very rare. More commonly, patients may experience some temporary bruising around the eye or some drooping of the eyelid which may occasionally persist. These minor complications do not affect the vision in any way.

The assisted local anaesthetic technique involves the Anaesthetist giving an intravenous injection to sedate you while the local anaesthetic block is performed. It is completely painless.

In some cases topical local anaesthetic drops only are sufficient, eliminating the need for a local anaesthetic block.