Pain management by retrobulbar alcohol injection in blind painful eyes due to final stage neovascular glaucoma
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Pain management with retrobulbar alcohol injection in absolute glaucoma.
Ocular pain can be multi-factorial and often refractory to treatment, in spite of the myriad options available to the ophthalmologist for its management. Initial therapy entails the use of topical and systemic pressure lowering agents as well as anti-inflammatory/analgesics for the provision of relief. Those refractory to medical therapy may require surgical intervention in the form of cyclodes...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Kartal Training and Research Hospital
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1302-485X
DOI: 10.5505/jkartaltr.2016.02693