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Complications of the retrobulbar block include:

a) Precipitation of the oculocardiac reflex

b) Infection

c) Inadvertent spread to brainstem

d) Retrobulbar hemorrhage

e) All of the above

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Answer

Answer e. A retrobulbar block may lead to infection, the trigeminovagal (oculocardiac) reflex, inadvertent brainstem spread, or bleeding.

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This question originally printed in the Pediatric Anesthesiology Review Topics kindle book series, and appears courtesy of Naerthwyn Press, LLC.

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