Abstract

Purpose: Study was planned to analyse the trends of orbital cellulitis and find a correlation between dry tap and partially resolved disease.
Methods: 35 patients with orbital cellulitis, from 2006 to 2020, treated at tertiary care centre, were analysed. The presentation was recorded as primary (first presentation at KGMU) or secondary (partially treated elsewhere). During computed tomography-guided aspiration of the subperiosteal abscess, failure of an aspirate was recorded as dry tap.
Results:
Conclusion: This study emphasizes the importance of initiation and continuation of adequate therapy of orbital cellulitis, in avoiding a protracted course of the disease and its related sequelae. This study also highlights a positive correlation between secondary presentations with dry tap. Further, we document a decreasing trend in post-sinusitis cases and increasing trend in post-dental infection cases of orbital cellulitis.