Retrobulbar alcohol injection for orbital pain relief under difficult circumstances: A case report

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 260-265

  Kumar, Chandra M ^a   Dowd, Timothy C ^a   Hawthorne, Maurice ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ocular pain; Orbital pain; Orbital pain management; Retrobulbar alcohol injection

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DEXAMETHASONE; DICLOFENAC; GABAPENTIN; LIDOCAINE; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; ZOPICLONE;

ADENOID CYSTIC CARCINOMA; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANAMNESIS; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY; DACRYOCYSTITIS; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; EYE PAIN; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; KERATITIS; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MAXILLARY SINUS; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PTOSIS; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745455706     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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