Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 4 , Page 635 , October 2009

Traumatic Eye Swelling

  • Drew Weber, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC
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  • Steven Shaw, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC
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  • James Winslow, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC

References 

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  3. Vassallo S, Hartstein M, Howard D, et al. Traumatic retrobulbar hemorrhage: emergent decompression by lateral canthotomy and cantholysis. J Emerg Med. 2002;22:251–256
  4. Carrim ZI, Anderson IW, Kyle PM. Traumatic orbital compartment syndrome: importance of prompt recognition and management. Eur J Emerg Med. 2007;14:174–176

 For the diagnosis and teaching points, see page 642.

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PII: S0196-0644(09)00365-5

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.03.030

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 4 , Page 635 , October 2009

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