Figure 2. Retrobulbar injection: the needle is advanced and the antibiotic injected after the needle's direction was changed so that the tip points upwards and inwards towards the opposite occipital eminence (slightly to the opposite side of the midline of the back of the skull). Note the drooping of the upper lid.

Figure 2. Retrobulbar injection: the needle is advanced and the antibiotic injected after the needle's direction was changed so that the tip points upwards and inwards towards the opposite occipital eminence (slightly to the opposite side of the midline of the back of the skull). Note the drooping of the upper lid.

Figure 2. Retrobulbar injection: the needle is advanced and the antibiotic injected after the needle's direction was changed so that the tip points upwards and inwards towards the opposite occipital eminence (slightly to the opposite side of the midline of the back of the skull). Note the drooping of the upper lid.
Photo: Richard Bowman and Ahmed Fahmi

Community Eye Health J 2008;21(65): 16