Case Report

Eye (2004) 18, 418–420. doi:10.1038/sj.eye.6700673

Orbital swelling following peribulbar and sub-Tenon's anaesthesia

C M Kumar1, T C Dowd2, C Dodds1 and R Boyce2

  1. 1Academic Department of Anaesthesia The James Cook University Hospital Middlesbrough, UK
  2. 2Department of Ophthalmology North Riding Infirmary Middlesbrough, UK

Correspondence: CM Kumar, Academic Department of Anaesthesia, The James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, TS4 3BW, UK. Tel: +44 1642 854 600; Fax: +44 1642 854 246; E-mail: chandra.kumar@stees.nhs.uk

Received 13 February 2003; Accepted 27 May 2003.

Keywords:

orbital swelling, orbital cellulitis, proptosis, local anaesthesia, peribulbar block, sub-Tenon's anaesthesia

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