| Identifier |
20140304_nanos_posters_075 |
| Title |
Acute Tension Orbital Emphysema: Mechanism and Treatment with Needling Decompression |
| Creator |
Eyal Aloni; Wehbby Wehbby; Azaria Simonovich; Shmuel Levartovsky |
| Affiliation |
(EA) (WW) (SL) Barzilai Medical Center, affiliated to the Faculty of Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Ophthalmology Department , Ashkelon, Israel; (AS) Barzilai Medical Center, affiliated to the Faculty of Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Radiology Department, Ashkelon, Israel |
| Subject |
Orbital Emphysema; Orbital Wall Fractures; Acute Tension Orbital Emphysema; Orbital Compartment Syndrome; Afferent Pupillary Defect |
| Description |
Orbital emphysema is a common finding following orbital wall fractures. On general, it is a benign finding and no treatment is required. On rare cases acute tension orbital emphysema might occur causing orbital compartment syndrome leading to visual loss.We will present a patient with acute tension orbital emphysema in whom drainage of air was performed by a simple technique. The mechanism by which it was derived will be presented. |
| Date |
2014-03-04 |
| Language |
eng |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Type |
Text |
| Source |
2014 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting |
| Relation is Part of |
NANOS 2014: Poster Presentations |
| Collection |
Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NANOS Annual Meeting Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/nanos-annual-meeting-collection/ |
| Publisher |
North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society |
| Holding Institution |
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah |
| Rights Management |
Copyright 2013. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6gb59tp |
| Setname |
ehsl_novel_nam |
| ID |
183965 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6gb59tp |
