The intravitreal injection pain study: a randomized control study comparing subjective pain with injection technique

Effect of Anesthesia Duration on Intravitreal Injection Pain

“…To this end, a series of studies has been conducted concerning anesthetic techniques, anesthetic drugs, injection needle size, injection site, and preoperative administration of drugs. [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16] Topical anesthetics effectively relieve IVI pain. [3][4][5][6][7][8][9] However, their use does not remove patients' fear of IVIs, which affects their compliance with the treatment plan and thus management of their disease.…”

“…To this end, a series of studies has been conducted concerning anesthetic techniques, anesthetic drugs, injection needle size, injection site, and preoperative administration of drugs. 3–16…”