Upper eyelid necrosis and reconstruction after spider byte: Case report and review of the literature

European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 414-417

  Ribuffo, D ^a   Serratore, F ^a   Famiglietti, M ^a   Greco, M ^b   Fois, F ^a   Atzori, L ^a   Pau, M ^a   Aste, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Eyelid necrosis; Spider byte; Upper eyelid reconstruction

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AZITHROMYCIN; CHLORPHENIRAMINE MALEATE; DOXYCYCLINE HYCLATE; LORATADINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EYE EDEMA; EYE PAIN; EYELID DISEASE; EYELID ERYTHEMA; EYELID LOXOSCELISM; EYELID NECROSIS; EYELID RECONSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; ITALY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; ORBIT; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRURITUS; RASH; REVIEW; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN DISCOLORATION; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN GRAFT; SPIDER; SPIDER BITE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARACHNIDISM; EYELIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NECROSIS; PHOSPHORIC DIESTER HYDROLASES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SPIDER VENOMS; SPIDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859893400     PISSN: 11283602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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