Ultra-rapid cooling of eye may provide effective nonpharmacologic anesthesia

Cagri G. Besirli
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The first-in-human feasibility trial comparing nonpharmacologic, ultra-rapid focal cooling and standard-of-care pharmacological anesthesia showed the novel method was quicker, was well-tolerated by patients and resulted in similar patient-reported pain scores, according to a speaker here.
“Ultra-rapid cooling of the eye was well-tolerated and provided effective nonpharmacologic anesthesia. This first-in-human proof-of-concept study indicates that ultra-rapid cooling may be useful for ocular anesthesia, and we believe that this novel

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Ultra-rapid cooling of eye may provide effective nonpharmacologic anesthesia

Cagri G. Besirli
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The first-in-human feasibility trial comparing nonpharmacologic, ultra-rapid focal cooling and standard-of-care pharmacological anesthesia showed the novel method was quicker, was well-tolerated by patients and resulted in similar patient-reported pain scores, according to a speaker here.
“Ultra-rapid cooling of the eye was well-tolerated and provided effective nonpharmacologic anesthesia. This first-in-human proof-of-concept study indicates that ultra-rapid cooling may be useful for ocular anesthesia, and we believe that this novel

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