Orbital emphysema leading to blindness following routine functional endoscopic sinus surgery

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 123, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1452-

  Rubinstein, Adrian ^a   Riddell, Claire E ^b   Akram, Imran ^b   Ahmado, Ahmed ^b   Benjamin, Larry ^b  

^a STOKE MANDEVILLE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EMPHYSEMA; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ETHMOIDECTOMY; FUNCTIONAL ENDOSCOPIC SINUS SURGERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; OPERATING ROOM; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; ORBIT DISEASE; ORBIT EMPHYSEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA VEIN; SINUSITIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

BLINDNESS; EMPHYSEMA; ENDOSCOPY; ETHMOID SINUSITIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORBITAL DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 26444431801     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 00039950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.123.10.1452     Document Type: Article

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