Anesthesia—Intracameral

Today, many surgeries of the eye can be performed using minimally invasive techniques that allow your ophthalmologist (Eye M.D.) to give you topical anesthetics with eyedrops rather than injectable anesthetics before your surgical procedure.

In some cases, your comfort during surgery may be increased by giving you an additional anesthetic by injecting it into your already numbed eye. This is called intracameral anesthesia.

Intracameral anesthesia ensures that your surgical procedure is as comfortable as possible, and as it is administered after you have received topical anesthetics, patients generally experience little if any discomfort due to the injection.