Local anesthesia is an option for children undergoing corneal replacement surgery, but general anesthesia may be required if cooperation is inadequate.
Corneal replacement surgery, i.e. corneal transplantation, is a surgical procedure to replace the diseased corneal tissue of the recipient patient with the healthy corneal tissue of the donor, in order to treat corneal degeneration, corneal ulcers, corneal trauma, corneal dystrophy, etc. It can be classified as lamellar corneal transplantation, penetrating corneal transplantation, corneal endothelial transplantation, etc. If the child is more cooperative with the doctor, local anesthesia can be used; if the child is not cooperative enough, general anesthesia may be needed to ensure the effect of the surgery.
If the child is more cooperative with the doctor, local anesthesia can be used for the surgery; if the child is not cooperative enough, general anesthesia is needed to ensure the effectiveness of the surgery.
When children need to do cornea replacement surgery, parents should take their children to regular hospitals, under the guidance of professional doctors to choose general anesthesia or local anesthesia.