Pearls for incorporating local anesthetics into strabismus surgery: Physician notes that modifications also can help speed a patient's recovery time.

The article addresses alternatives to the use of general anesthesia for strabismus surgery in adults and modifications that can be made to general surgery to hasten recovery, according to Michael O'Connor, an associate professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Ottawa. Topics discussed include one of the important concerns with general anesthesia, information on supplemental anesthesia with conscious sedation, and local anesthetics for conventional strabismus surgery.