Cataract Surgery under Conventional Sedation with Dexmedetomidine: Efficacy and Safety in Patients with Psychiatric or Neurological Conditions

Yukihiro Horie^1,2, Teppei Yamamoto³, Taku Yamamoto^2,3, Hidehiko Amenomori⁴, Chiaki Yokoyama³, Mayuko Shinagawa³, Takashi Maruyama⁴, Naoko Nakamine⁴, Yutaka Oguma⁵, Izuru Satoh¹, Masayuki Tsutsumi¹, Makoto Terumitsu⁶, Shigeaki Ohno³, Susumu Ishida³ and Nobuyoshi Kitaichi^1,3*

¹Department of Ophthalmology, Health Sciences University of Hokkaido, Sapporo, Japan

²Department of Ophthalmology, Sunagawa City Medical Center, Sunagawa, Japan

³Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate school of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

⁴Department of Anesthesiology, Sunagawa City Medical Center, Sunagawa, Japan

⁵Department of Internal Medicine, Sunagawa City Medical Center, Sunagawa, Japan

⁶Division of Dental Anesthesiology, School of Dentistry, Health Sciences University of Hokkaido, Sapporo, Japan

^*Corresponding Author: Nobuyoshi Kitaichi, Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate school of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, Tel: +81-11-778-7575 Email:

Keywords: Cataract surgery; Dexmedetomidine; General anesthesia; Time; Elderly patients

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