Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery
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To identify clinical characteristics of burn patients requiring emergent orbital decompression for vision-threatening orbital compartment syndrome. ⋯ Risk factors for vision-threatening orbital compartment syndrome include fluid volume and periocular burns. Signs of vision-threatening orbital compartment syndrome should be addressed early with orbital decompression.
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Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg · Mar 2008
Case ReportsDelayed presentation of grease-gun injury to the orbit.
A 44-year-old man was examined for marked edema and ptosis of the right upper eyelid after grease from high-pressure hydraulic machinery penetrated his right orbit 20 days earlier. The diagnosis of residual grease in the injured orbit was confirmed by CT and MRI, and the clinical presentation. ⋯ Among the wide variety of orbital foreign bodies, grease is rarely reported. We present the sixth case of grease-gun injury to the orbit to be reported in the English language literature since 1964.