Diagnosis and treatment of retrobulbar haematomas following blunt orbital trauma: A description of eight cases

International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 127-131

  Gerbino, Giovanni ^a,b   Ramieri, G A ^a   Nasi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Orbital fracture; Orbital trauma; Retrobulbar haematoma; Retrobulbar haemorrhage; Visual loss

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BLUNT TRAUMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EXOPHTHALMOS; EYE PAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HEMORRHAGE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; OPTIC NERVE; ORBIT FRACTURE; ORBIT INJURY; PUPIL REFLEX; REFLEX DISORDER; RETROBULBAR HEMORRHAGE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT PLANNING; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; EXOPHTHALMOS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; OPTIC NERVE INJURIES; ORBIT; ORBITAL FRACTURES; REFLEX, PUPILLARY; RETROBULBAR HEMORRHAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VISION DISORDERS; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 13344286955     PISSN: 09015027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2004.05.001     Document Type: Article

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