Garlic and the strabismus surgeon

Potential side‐effects caused by complementary medicines are often not anticipated. A case is reported of bilateral retro‐bulbar haemorrhages with elevated intraocular pressure during strabismus surgery that occurred as a result of odourless garlic tablet ingestion prescribed by a naturopath. A near...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical & experimental ophthalmology 2002-08, Vol.30 (4), p.303-304
Hauptverfasser:	Carden, Susan M, Good, William V, Carden, Patricia A, Good, Robert M
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	complementary medicines Complementary Therapies - adverse effects Exotropia - surgery Female garlic Garlic - adverse effects haemorrhage Humans Intraocular Pressure Middle Aged Oculomotor Muscles - surgery Retrobulbar Hemorrhage - etiology strabismus surgery
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