As part of our research spotlight feature, Megan Doyle and colleagues discuss their findings when evaluating the best ...

AIMS To evaluate the claim that topical proxymetacaine produces little or no discomfort on instillation by comparing it against topical amethocaine. METHODS This randomised, masked, double blind, ...

Method: In a randomised controlled pilot trial, 28 patients were enrolled to receive either STB with 3 ml of 2% lidocaine and hyaluronidase, or TOP with proxymetacaine 0.5% and amethocaine 1% ...

All patients were submitted to fundus examination, after being dilated with phenylephrine 10% and tropicamide 1%. Proxymetacaine 0.5% eyedrop was instilled five minutes prior to these drugs. Then, 40 ...