The medical management of retrobulbar haemorrhage complicating facial fractures: a case report.
A case of delayed retrobulbar haemorrhage following an orbital floor fracture is reported. Virtual total loss of vision occurred; however, intense medical therapy produced such a dramatic response that surgical decompression was not necessary. On 6 month follow-up the patients visual function was entirely normal in all respects.
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Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne.
D000086:Acetazolamide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000328:Adult; D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006988:Hyphema / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008353:Mannitol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009917:Orbital Fractures / Q000150:complications*; D012166:Retinal Hemorrhage / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000150:complications*
D008353:Mannitol; D000086:Acetazolamide; D006854:Hydrocortisone