Retrobulbar Hematoma Following Orbital Floor Reconstruction
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DESCRIPTION Ten days after reconstruction of an orbital floor blow out fracture with a porous polyethylene implant, a 23-year-old man presented with sudden onset of swelling and proptosis of the right eye following weightlifting.
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