Emergency surgical decompression of the orbit may rescue impaired vision even in a patient presenting late with a retrobulbar haematoma: A case report from rural southwestern Uganda.
| Autor: | Mugarura R; Senior Lecturer, Department of Surgery, Kabale University School of Medicine, Kabale, Uganda., Katushabe M; Public Health Nurse Specialist, Surgery for Community Foundation, Kabale, Uganda., Kisakye NI; Nursing Officer, Department of Public Health, Kabale University, Kabale, Uganda., Jonathan NA; Medical Officer, Bethel SurgiCO Clinic, Kabale, Uganda. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Tropical doctor [Trop Doct] 2024 Jul; Vol. 54 (3), pp. 287-289. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Apr 22. |
| DOI: | 10.1177/00494755241244546 |
| Abstrakt: | Retrobulbar haematoma is a rare emergency that can potentially lead to blindness. Common causes include facial trauma and surgery. Timely surgical evacuation of the haematoma improves visual outcomes. In rural communities, patients often present to hospital after many hours and this increases the risk of poor visual outcomes. Radiological evaluation which is often not available in rural communities, results in further delay in surgical treatment. This case report highlights the need for urgent surgical intervention over radiological evaluation in patients with retrobulbar haematoma and orbital compartment syndrome. Competing Interests: Declaration of conflicting interestsThe authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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