Diplopia as a complication of local anesthesia: A case report

Quintessence International

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 232-234

  Koumoura, Fanny ^a,b   Papageorgiou, George ^a  

^a Gen Peripheric Accidents Hospital   (Greece)

^b Gen Peripheric Accidents Hospital ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

Abducent nerve; Cavernous sinus; Diplopia; Impacted third molar; Infratemporal fossa; Lateral rectus muscle; Local anesthesia

Indexed keywords

ARTICAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ABDUCENS NERVE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CONVALESCENCE; DENTAL ANESTHESIA; DIPLOPIA; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAXILLA; MAXILLARY NERVE; MOLAR TOOTH; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

ABDUCENS NERVE; ADULT; ANESTHESIA, DENTAL; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CARTICAINE; DIPLOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAXILLA; MAXILLARY NERVE; MOLAR, THIRD; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH, IMPACTED;

EID: 0035278856     PISSN: 00336572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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