PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to analyze the practice management patterns of the current members of the American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (ASOPRS) and to determine the use of oral prophylactic antibiotics in an attempt to prevent orbital cellulitis following nonoperative orbital fractures. PATIENTS AND METHODS A cross-sectional web-based survey was emai...

OBJECTIVE To investigate orbital complications in children and adult with sinusitis. METHOD Patients attending ENT clinic with sinusitis from January 2010 until January 2012 were included. Patients were classified into two groups according to their age. First involved children aged less than 16 and second included adults older than 16 years. Clinical picture, sinus involved, management and ou...

BACKGROUND Cellulitis (erysipelas) of the leg is a common, painful infection of the skin and underlying tissue. Repeat episodes are frequent, cause significant morbidity and result in high health service costs. OBJECTIVES To assess whether prophylactic antibiotics prescribed after an episode of cellulitis of the leg can prevent further episodes. METHODS Double-blind, randomized controlled t...

Forty-nine cases of orbital cellulitis were reviewed. The average age of patients at presentation was 31 years. The onset of symptoms varied from seven days or less in 28 patients, one to four weeks in 17 patients, and more than four weeks in four patients. The leucocyte count, available in 33 patients, was greater than 10 X 10(9)/l in only nine. Abnormal sinuses were noted radiographically in ...

We describe a 62-year old man diagnosed with pyoderma gangrenosum following a traumatic injury to the hand. The patient was originally misdiagnosed with cellulitis and his condition did not improve with oral or intravenous antibiotics. The wound dramatically improved following institution of intravenous steroids. Pyoderma gangrenosum should be considered in the differential of a non-healing cel...