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A child with bilateral orbital cellulitis one day after strabismus surgery
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A child with bilateral orbital cellulitis one day after strabismus surgery

Ahmed Basheikh and Rosanne Superstein
Journal of AAPOS, Vol.13(5), pp.488-490
01/10/2009
PMID: 19840730

Abstract

Life Sciences & Biomedicine Ophthalmology Pediatrics Science & Technology
Orbital cellulitis is a rare complication of strabismus surgery. We report a case of a 4-year-old boy with bilateral orbital cellulitis after uneventful surgery to correct esotropia. Concomitant sinusitis was the likely source of infection. To our knowledge, this is the first case of bilateral orbital cellulitis following strabismus surgery.

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