Management of retrobulbar hematoma

American Journal of Rhinology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 522-524

  Han, Joseph K ^a   Caughey, Robert J ^b   Gross, Charlie W ^b   Newman, Steve ^b  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blindness; Cantholysis; Complication; Hematoma; Medical management; Orbit; Orbital trauma; Retrobulbar; Sinus surgery; Surgical management

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; EYE DROPS; TIMOLOL MALEATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOPIA; DRUG MEGADOSE; EXOPHTHALMOS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; ORBIT; RETROBULBAR HEMORRHAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TONOMETRY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TREND STUDY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROBULBAR HEMORRHAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 53549133953     PISSN: 10506586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/ajr.2008.22.3217     Document Type: Article

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