Table 2 Eye doctors’ responses to the question: Do you think patients could experience visual sensations during cataract surgery, and if yes, which sensations might be experienced?
Question* | Response | Freq. | Percent** |
|---|---|---|---|
Do you think patients could experience visual sensations during cataract surgery under regional anaesthesia? If yes, which of the following sensations might be experienced? | Yes | 61 | 89.7 |
Light perception | 41 | 67.2 | |
Flashes of light | 10 | 16.4 | |
Change in brightness of the light | 24 | 39.3 | |
1. flashes of light | Colors | 11 | 18.0 |
2. change in brightness of the light | Movements | 28 | 45.9 |
3. colours | Instruments | 12 | 19.7 |
4. movements | Surgeon’s hands/fingers | 14 | 23.0 |
5. instruments | No | 7 | 10.3 |
6. surgeon’s hands/ fingers | |||
Do you think patients could experience visual sensations during cataract surgery under topicalanaesthesia? If yes, which of the following sensations might be experienced? | Yes | 50 | 98.0 |
Light perception | 29 | 58.0 | |
Flashes of light | 8 | 16.0 | |
1. flashes of light | Change in brightness of the light | 23 | 46.0 |
2. change in brightness of the light | Colors | 12 | 24.0 |
3. colours | Movements | 30 | 60.0 |
4. movements | Instruments | 16 | 32.0 |
5. instruments | Surgeon’s hands/fingers | 15 | 30.0 |
6. surgeon’s hands/ fingers. | No | 1 | 2.0 |