2001•Unpublished venueRequires access
Irreversible Blindness: An Unusual Complication of the Caldwell-Luc Operation*
Müslime Yalaz, Altan Atakan Özcan, Erol Huseyin Aksungur
Open publisher page 0 citations
Abstract
Paranasal sinus surgery is frequently used for the management of allergic, infectious and neoplastic sinus diseases by otolaryngologists. Ophthalmic complications are rare but their occurrence may result in morbidity. Optic nerve injury, extraocular muscle injury, intraorbital hemorrhage, periorbital emphysema, and nasolacrimal duct and sac injury are the ophthalmic complications of sinus surgery (1-4). We present a case with orbital complications following