Indications for orbital exenteration in mucormycosis.

Roderick N. Hargrove,Ralph E. Wesley,Kimberly A. Klippenstein,James C. Fleming,Barrett G. Haik

Indications for orbital exenteration in mucormycosis.

2006

Roderick N. Hargrove
Ralph E. Wesley
Kimberly A. Klippenstein
James C. Fleming
Barrett G. Haik

Purpose:To determine whether evidence-based standards exist regarding the indications for orbital exenteration in patients with orbital mucormycosis.Methods:A literature review was performed of 113 articles (1943 to 2004). Factors possibly related to patient survival were analyzed. Additionally, a s

Keywords:

Mucormycosis
Orbit Evisceration
Pathology
Orbital Diseases
Orbital exenteration
Surgery
Medicine
patient survival
Evidence-based medicine
treatment modality
Frontal sinus
Amphotericin B

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