Use of the catheter in treatment of panophthalmitis and orbital purulent inflammation

Abstract

In this study we have presented three cases with use of a catheter placed intraoperatively as a possiblemethod of medicaments application in the retrobulbar region. Two patients developed panophthalmitis,abscess and cellulitis of the orbit as a consequence of an injury afflicted during the war whereas thethird patient with glaukoma developed endogenic endophthalmitis. We eviscerated the bulb, implantedsmall soft tubes (catheters), then brought them out and fixed to the skin of the orbit region. Throughthe catheters we applied antibiotics and anesthetics directly into region of surgery and controlled them.

Keywords

• catheter
• panophthalmitis
• orbit
• cellulitis
• abscess