Mega dose corticosteroid treatment for traumatic superior orbital fissure and orbital apex syndromes

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 60-64

  Acartürk, Sabri ^a   Seküçoǧlu, Tugay ^a   Kesiktäs, Erol ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Mega dose corticosteroid; Traumatic orbital apex syndrome; Traumatic superior orbital fissure syndrome

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIOMAXILLOFACIAL INJURY; DRUG MEGADOSE; EDEMA; EYE CONTUSION; FACE INJURY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHY; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE DECOMPRESSION; ORBIT FRACTURE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; SUPERIOR ORBITAL FISSURE AND ORBITAL APEX SYNDROME; SYNDROME DELINEATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NERVE INJURIES; ORBIT; PREDNISONE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 3042841613     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000106424.54415.dc     Document Type: Article

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