Orbital Compartment Syndrome: How a Young Man’s Vision was Saved by the Timely Actions of an Emergency Medicine Physician

In the following case presentation, a young man who incurred orbital compartment syndrome (OCS) from physical trauma significantly improved from timely lateral canthotomy. Lateral canthotomy is recommended to be performed as soon as possible to avoid permanent vision loss, which is the most feared c...

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Autores principales: Houck, Jessica, Mangal, Rohan, Vandillen, Chrissy, Ganti, Latha, Sleigh, Bryan C
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2019
Materias:
Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6721876/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31516769
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.5057

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6721876/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31516769
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.5057

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