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Three-Dimensional Reconstruction of Orbital Fractures
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Orbital abscess: visual loss following extraction of a tooth--case report
Nicholas Zachariades1, Eleftherios Vairaktaris, Michael Mezitis
1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, KAT General District Hospital of Attica, Athens, Greece. nzak@otenet.gr
Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics
|September 27, 2005
Abstract
Objective:
It is the purpose of this article to alert the general practitioner to the severe consequences that may result from a tooth extraction, including the loss of vision, despite the use of antibiotics.
Conclusions:
Early and aggressive treatment is critical in obstructing the spread of infection toward the orbits, the eyes, and eventually the brain.
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