Use of Frost sutures in an orbital trauma patient with extensive conjunctival oedema and pseudoproptosis

International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 649-651

  Krishnan, R ^a   Izadi, S ^a   Morton, C E ^b   Marsh, I B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

^b GLAN CLWYD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CHEMOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EXOPHTHALMOS; EYELID RETRACTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; KERATOPATHY; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; ORBIT FRACTURE; RETROBULBAR HEMORRHAGE; SEDATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT INDICATION; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ACRYLAMIDES; ADULT; AGAR; BANDAGES; CONJUNCTIVAL DISEASES; EDEMA; EXOPHTHALMOS; EYELIDS; GELS; HUMANS; MALE; ORBITAL FRACTURES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 34347203710     PISSN: 09015027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2007.02.013     Document Type: Article

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