Attempts to repair the effects of great destruction of the lids and orbital tissues caused by disease of the antrum / by Burton Chance.

  • Chance, Burton Kollock, 1868-1965.
Date:
1908
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Credit: Attempts to repair the effects of great destruction of the lids and orbital tissues caused by disease of the antrum / by Burton Chance. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Repriiticd from the Nciv York Alcdicol Journal tur April iS, \ ATTEMPTS TO REPAIR THE EFFKCT^Q^^J DESTRUCTION OF THE LIDS AN^'RBlT^L TISSUES CAUSED BY DISEASE OF THE ANTRUM * By Burton Chance, M. D., Philadelphia. The early history of this case, without which I could not have understood the cause of the awful conditions present when I first saw the patient, was given me by Dr. Beaman Douglass, of New York,, and I now express my obligation to him for the in- formation. The young woman had had a disease of the left antrum which had been caused probably by infection from a decayed molar tooth. The dis- ease spread into the orbit after necrosis of the roof of the antrum. Orbital cellulitis followed, and later the eyelids became the seat of numerous abscesses. In a short time panophthalmitis occurred, and the eveball had to be removed. Dr. Douglass opened the antrum, which he found filled with infected granulation tissue. After thor- oughly curetting this cavity he removed all of the necrotic bone, thus enlarging the opening into the orbit and establishing communication into the mid- dle nasal meatus. The abscesses in the lids were •Read before the Section on Ophthalmology of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, Thursday, February 20, 1908. Copyright, 1908, by A. R. Elliott Publishing Company.