Anesthetist Controlled Versus Patient-controlled Sedation: Risks and Benefits

Perioperative anxiety has many hazards and should be eliminated. Patients undergoing ophthalmologic procedures often undergo it under local anesthesia. In a trial to improve patients' satisfaction sedation is given. Sedation could be given either by an anesthetist or patient-controlled methods. This study compared both methods of sedation in terms of safety, depth of sedation, and patient satisfaction.