Grand mal seizures after retrobulbar block
E. F. Meyers, R. C. Ramirez and I. Boniuk
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.
