The British journal of ophthalmology
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study
Oral gabapentin premedication for elderly patients undergoing intraocular surgery.
To compare effects of gabapentin premedication with diazepam in patients undergoing cataract surgery. ⋯ Hence, premedication with oral gabapentin in these elderly patients undergoing elective intraocular surgery produced intraoperative anxiolysis, decreased sedation, a modest decrease in IOPs and improved postoperative recovery.
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To investigate in vivo optical coherence tomography (OCT) for imaging of periocular basal cell carcinoma (BCC). ⋯ This study indicated a strong positive correlation between the margins of periocular BCCs measured using in vivo OCT and histology, and a weak positive correlation with depth of invasion. VivoSight OCT produced high resolution images of BCC morphology. The limitations in horizontal margin measurements could potentially be overcome by design modification of the scanning probe.