TY - JOUR
T1 - Management of a Blind Painful Eye
AU - Merbs, Shannath L.
PY - 2006/6/1
Y1 - 2006/6/1
N2 - Debilitating ocular pain poses a significant challenge to the ophthalmologist. When the pain is intractable and the eye has very poor vision and is disfigured, surgical removal of the eye has traditionally been the definitive treatment of choice. Because many people are uncomfortable psychologically with removal of their eye, however painful, and other patients are not good surgical candidates, an alternative to enucleation is sometimes warranted, and injection of a neurolytic substance can often induce long-lasting anesthesia for a blind painful eye. This article reviews a range of options for management of blind painful eye from anesthesia to enucleation.
AB - Debilitating ocular pain poses a significant challenge to the ophthalmologist. When the pain is intractable and the eye has very poor vision and is disfigured, surgical removal of the eye has traditionally been the definitive treatment of choice. Because many people are uncomfortable psychologically with removal of their eye, however painful, and other patients are not good surgical candidates, an alternative to enucleation is sometimes warranted, and injection of a neurolytic substance can often induce long-lasting anesthesia for a blind painful eye. This article reviews a range of options for management of blind painful eye from anesthesia to enucleation.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ohc.2006.02.010
DO - 10.1016/j.ohc.2006.02.010
M3 - Review article
C2 - 16701166
AN - SCOPUS:33746856921
SN - 0896-1549
VL - 19
SP - 287
EP - 292
JO - Ophthalmology Clinics of North America
JF - Ophthalmology Clinics of North America
IS - 2
ER -