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. 2021 Jun;33(3):552-554.
doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.13768. Epub 2021 Mar 11.

Orbital decompression

Christopher Groombridge  1 , Amit Maini  1 , Joseph Mathew  1 , Francis O'Keeffe  1 , Mike Noonan  1 , De Villiers Smit  1 , Mark Fitzgerald  1 , Anthony Hall  1
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Orbital decompression

Christopher Groombridge et al. Emerg Med Australas. 2021 Jun.

Abstract

A trauma patient with orbital compartment syndrome may lose vision within hours of the injury. This article describes an approach to decompressing the orbit which may be sight-saving.

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