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Elsie F. Meyers, MD; Rebecca C. Ramirez, MD; Isaac Boniuk, MD

Arch Ophthalmol. 1978;96(5):847.

Abstract
• Convulsions developed in two patients after retrobulbar block. The amount of local anesthetic agent that was used was considerably less than the intravenous toxic dose in both cases. No retrobulbar hemorrhage resulted. The probable cause of seizures was inadvertent injection of local anesthetic directly to the CNS via the ophthalmic artery or its sheath.

Author Affiliations
From the Departments of Anesthesiology (Drs Meyers and Ramirez) and Ophthalmology (Dr Boniuk), Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S Euclid Ave, St Louis.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Aug 30, 1977.

Reprint requests to Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University, 660 S Euclid Ave, St Louis, MO 63110 (Dr Meyers).

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