Evaluation of eye injury symptoms after dental general anesthesia with nasal tracheal intubation

An open eye is the main cause of eye injury in general anesthesia. In addition eye care and anesthesia duration affect the extent of injury. Eye complication may be depend on type of tracheal intubation (intranasal US. Intra oral).
In this descriptive cohort study, 600 candidate of dental rehabilitation under general anesthesia were included. In cadence of eye complications, after recovery and two days after anesthesia. In addition to number of patients with open eyes were registered. Data were analyzed statistically.
13 % of eyes was found to be open at the end of anesthesia. Eye injury symptoms were observed in 4/8 % of samples after recovery in with redness and soreness was mainly found. Two days after anesthesia 1/58 % eyes revealed symptoms. Increased anesthesia duration was associated with more eye complications.
Discussion and In this study, 13% of eyes was open after anesthesia. And 0/38 % revealed complications. An appropriate approach for eye care is applying eye ointment and fixation of tracheal tube with sponge pad and tape.