Klinische Monatsblätter für Augenheilkunde, Table of Contents

Klin Monbl Augenheilkd 2025; 242(04): 492-494
DOI: 10.1055/a-2516-8629

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Pain Management Using Retrobulbar Ethanol Injection in Chronic Orbital Pain

Fallbericht: Schmerztherapie mittels retrobulbärer Ethanol-Injektion bei chronischen Orbitaschmerzen

Maximilian Felix Jacobi

¹Ophthalmology, University Hospital Zürich, Switzerland

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Niklas Folke Kristian Winkler

¹Ophthalmology, University Hospital Zürich, Switzerland

²Augenklinik, Talacker Augenzentrum Zürich (TAZZ), Switzerland

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Sadiq Said

¹Ophthalmology, University Hospital Zürich, Switzerland

³Department of Ophthalmology, Augenklinik Wettingen, Switzerland

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Sandrine Zweifel

¹Ophthalmology, University Hospital Zürich, Switzerland

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Daniel Barthelmes

¹Ophthalmology, University Hospital Zürich, Switzerland

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Frank Blaser

¹Ophthalmology, University Hospital Zürich, Switzerland

› Author Affiliations

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