Use of an Orbital Epidural Catheter to Control Pain After Orbital Implant Surgery

Use of an orbital epidural catheter to control pain after orbital implant surgery.

BACKGROUND The surgical placement of orbital implants for eviscerations, enucleations, and secondary implantations can cause severe postoperative pain that may not be relieved with high doses of narcotics. We analyzed the effectiveness of a method for postoperative pain control in orbital implant surgery using an orbital epidural pain catheter connected to a patient-controlled analgesia bupivac...

Postoperative pain and vomiting after orbital wall surgery in trauma.

airway emergencies were significantly associated with death or brain damage [7]. In light of the complications associated with multiple laryngoscopy attempts, it seems advisable not always to proceed with three intubation attempts, but to limit the attempts to one or two under optimal conditions, before using a secondary airway plan. The evidence presented justifies the change by the ASA Task F...

Orbital lipogranuloma after sinus surgery.

PURPOSE To report the treatment and histopathological findings in two cases who developed eyelid swelling, proptosis and diplopia due to orbital and lid lipogranuloma after endoscopic surgery of the maxillary and ethmoidal sinuses. METHODS To relieve the proptosis and diplopia, debulking surgery was done on the eyelids and orbit. The tissue removed was sent for histopathological examination. ...

Orbital growth after unilateral enucleation in infancy without an orbital implant.

PURPOSE To measure the volume of the anophthalmic orbit in adults who had undergone enucleation during infancy and to determine its growth. METHODS The orbital volume in 5 adults who had undergone unilateral enucleation during infancy without an orbital implant was measured on x-ray computed tomography images. Comparisons were made between the anophthalmic and normal sides. In addition, we ev...

"Physiological" orbital implant.