Quick Question (I Hope)

[The White Coat Investor]

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I'm an EM resident doing a case report on a patient who became apneic after undergoing either a retroorbital or a retrobulbar block with bupivacaine/lidocaine. What I'm having a hard time figuring out is whether there is a difference, and if so, what it is. Any help you can lend would be appreciated.

 

[Andrew_Doan]

both are the same block into the retroorbital space.

Read this. There are videos that show the difference between retrobulbar blocks and peribulbar blocks.

http://webeye.ophth.uiowa.edu/eyeforum/retrobulbar_nerve_blocks.htm