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April 24, 2014 By Christopher Partyka 3 Comments

the case.

an elderly female arrives to your ED with facial swelling and extensive bruising after a fall where she struck the left-side of her face on a concrete step. She is on warfarin for atrial fibrillation, but has not had her INR tested for the past 3 weeks. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Ophthalmology, Radiology, Surgery, Trauma Tagged With: cantholysis, lateral canthotomy, orbital compartment syndrome

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