Orbital cellulitis as a postoperative complication of sub-Tenon anaesthesia in cataract surgery

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 897-899

  Liang, Steve Y W ^a   Moloney, Gregory ^a   O'Donnell, Brett A ^a   Fernando, Glen ^a  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Cataract surgery; Orbital cellulitis; Sub Tenon

Indexed keywords

BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE PLUS PHENYLEPHRINE PLUS PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLONIDINE; FLUCLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN; HYALURONIDASE; PENICILLIN G; PHENYLEPHRINE; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; ROPIVACAINE; TIMOLOL;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; EXOPHTHALMOS; EYE PAIN; EYE SWELLING; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LENS IMPLANT; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; ORBIT CELLULITIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SUBTENON ANESTHESIA; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CELLULITIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; ORBITAL DISEASES; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33845336492     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2006.01361.x     Document Type: Article

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