Blindness following retrobulbar haemorrhage--it can be prevented.
Delay in diagnosis and treatment of an elderly woman with a malar fracture that caused retrobulbar haemorrhage resulted in complete loss of vision in the right eye.
Popat
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Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Royal Hospital, Calow, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S44 5BL, UK. hashpopat@hotmail.com
Doyle
P T
PT
Davies
S J
SJ
D000368:Aged; D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D019299:Decompression, Surgical; D005143:Eyelids / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020221:Optic Nerve Injuries / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D009917:Orbital Fractures / Q000150:complications; D019315:Retrobulbar Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology; D013997:Time Factors; D014218:Triage; D015051:Zygomatic Fractures / Q000150:complications