578) Your patient , is a 40 year old female who has just had an inferior subciliary blepharoplasty and is complaining of a severe left eye pain immediately after her arrival to the recovery room. Both vision and intraocular pressure are normal. There is mild bruising around both eyes but no evidence of gross hematoma. The next step in the management of this patient is:
A. Close observation with visual checks ups
B. Open the surgical wound
C. Lateral canthotomy
D. Medial canthotomy
E. Fluorescein test
REFERENCES & ANSWER
Colton J. J., Beekhuis G. J..: Blepharoplasty, Chapter 35 in Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, (Cummings, Fredrickson, Harker, Krause, Richardson, Schuller, editors), Volume One, Third Edition, Mosby, p. 696, 1998
578) E Fluorescein test
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