Subperiosteal Orbital Hemorrhage From Retrobulbar Injection Resulting in Blindness

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 115, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1085-1086

  Girard, Louis J ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

BLINDNESS; HUMAN; INJECTION; INJURY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; NOTE; ORBIT; PERIOSTEUM; RETROBULBAR HEMORRHAGE;

ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BLINDNESS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; ORBIT; PERIOSTEUM; RETROBULBAR HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0031201720     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.1997.01100160255028     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

1. Mootha VV. Cowden TP, Sires BS, Dortzbach RK. Subperiosteal orbital hemorrhage from retrobulbar injection resulting in blindness. Arch Ophthalmol. 1997;115:123-124.
2. Girard LJ, Donaldson K. Combined peribulbar and retrobulbar block anesthesia and antibiotic-steroid injection: a simple method to prevent retrobulbar hemorrhage, globe perforation or infection. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers. 1997;28:2-4.