Epiretinal Membrane Surgery for a Patient with Dyskinesia Related to Parkinson's Disease Using Intravenous Dexmedetomidine Administration.

ABSTRACT: General anesthesia is usually selected when patients cannot remain still during surgery with local anesthesia. However, damage to the lungs from positive pressure ventilation under general anesthesia is a major concern in patients with Parkinson's disease. We report a case in which dyskinesia related to Parkinson's disease was attenuated by intravenous dexmedetomidine (DEX) administration, following which epiretinal membrane (ERM) and inner limited membrane peeling could be smoothly performed. A 68-year-old woman with systemic dyskinesia related to Parkinson's disease underwent cataract surgery for her right eye with local anesthesia (topical anesthesia with 4% lidocaine and sub-Tenon's anesthesia with 2% lidocaine and 30% nitrous oxide inhalation). During the surgery, continuous involunta

SUBMITTER: Suzuki T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9710442 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature