The preventive effect of dexmedetomidine on anesthesia complications in strabismus surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Dexmedetomidine is a medication that has analgesic, sedative, and anti-anxiety properties. In the clinical, it is often used to prevent common complications associated with strabismus surgery, including postoperative delirium, postoperative nausea and vomiting, postoperative pain, and oculocardiac reflex. However, its effectiveness and side effects of the present studies are different. The sample sizes of the present studies on the prevention of complications of dexmedetomidine are small. Therefore, this study evaluates the efficacy of dexmedetomidine in preventing anesthesia-related complications in strabismus surgery through a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Methods

Literature was retrieved from 10 commonly used databases and randomized controlled trials pub

SUBMITTER: Chen Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10367359 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature