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Research conducted at University of Athens, Medical Department has updated our knowledge about orbital cellulitis
2009 MAY 26 - (NewsRx.com) -- According to recent research from Athens, Greece, "Orbital cellulitis is usually a complication of paranasal sinus infection. Either file infection may dissect under the periosteum and lead to sublicriosileal abscess (SPA) or intraorbital abscess may be formed secondary to a progressive and localized cellulitis." "Without appropriate treatment orbital infection may lead to serious complications., even death. Report of cases: Three cases are described, one of orbital cellulitis, one of SPA and one of intraorbital abscess and the literature is being reviewed. Prompt treatment is mandatory to avoid visual loss or intracranial complications. Initially, IV antibiotics may be administered, but if no improvement appears within 48 h, surgical drainage of the orbit and the affected sinuses must be performed," wrote E. Vairaktaris and colleagues, University of Athens, Medical Department. The researchers concluded: "In medial or medial-inferior SPA a transnasal approach is used. but in superior orbital abscess an external incision is required. 1, 2008 European Association for Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery'." Vairaktaris and colleagues published their study in the Journal of Cranio - Maxillofacial Surgery (Orbital cellulitis, orbital subperiosteal and intraorbital abscess. Report of three cases and review of the literature. Journal of Cranio - Maxillofacial Surgery, 2009;37(3):132-136). For additional information, contact E. Vairaktaris, University of Athens, School Medical, Dept. of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Attikon Hospital, Rimini 1, Athens 12462, Greece. Publisher contact information for the Journal of Cranio - Maxillofacial Surgery is: Churchill Livingstone, Journal Production Dept., Robert Stevenson House, 1-3 Baxters Place, Leith Walk, Edinburgh EH1 3AF, Midlothian, Scotland. Keywords: Greece, Athens, Abscess, Infectious Disease, Maxillofacial Surgery, Orbital Cellulitis, University of Athens, Medical Department. This article was prepared by Life Science Weekly editors from staff and other reports. Copyright 2009, Life Science Weekly via NewsRx.com.
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