Hetvi Bhatt

Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, Birmingham, UK.

JOURNAL REVIEWED: Orbit

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Intravenous ketorolac during DCR

4 October 2023 | | Oculoplastics, Orbit | Dacryocystorhinostomy, ketorolac, opioid, pain

This study compares pain scores postoperatively between patients that received intravenous ketorolac (IVK) pre, intra or immediately postoperatively and a control group that did not receive it. The authors state that the patients were randomised, however it is not described...

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Subperiosteal abscess management in adolescents and adults

1 September 2023 | | Oculoplastics, Orbit | Adult orbital cellulitis, adult subperiosteal abscess, orbital cellulitis, subperiosteal abscess

This is a retrospective study looking at the clinical and treatment profiles of patients with orbital subperiosteal abscess (SPA) in an adolescent and adult population. SPA is rarer in this age group compared to a paediatric population (less than nine-years-old)...

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Therapeutic options for advanced cutaneous basal (BCC) and squamous cell carcinomas (SCC)

9 August 2023 | | Oculoplastics, Orbit | Basal cell carcinoma, hedgehog inhibitors, imiquimod, immunotherapy, squamous cell carcinoma

This article discusses the use of topical and systemic therapy in the management of advanced periocular tumours. It focuses on those that have gained United States Food and Drug Administration approval; namely imiquimod, vismodegib, sonidegib, pembrolizumab and cemiplimab. Imiquimod is...