title: Blindness after intranasal ethmoidectomy.
abstract: Orbital haemorrhage is an unusual and frustrating complication of ethmoid surgery. A case of reversible blindness which was due to intra-operative orbital haemorrhage occurring after intranasal ethmoidectomy is presented. Prevention and management of this kind of blindness can be reversed, if treated aggressively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sözeri
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ataman
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gürsel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology*; D016063:Blood Loss, Surgical; D005005:Ethmoid Sinus / Q000601:surgery*; D006406:Hematoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011859:Radiography