Clinical Trial: Pain Expression in the Perioperative Period of Cataract Surgery

Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Unknown status
Study Type: Interventional




Official Title: Pain Expression in the Perioperative Period of Cataract Surgery

Brief Summary: Patients having cataract extraction in the second eye under topical anesthesia with monitored anesthesia care often report increased pain and awareness relative to the first surgery in the fellow eye, despite similar operative and anesthetic conditions. The purpose of this study is to investigate the pathogenesis of this phenomenon.