Do patients with facial trauma to the orbito-zygomatic region also sustain significant ocular injuries?

Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 200-203

  Jayamanne, D G R ^a   Gillie, R F ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blow out fractures; Eye injuries; Orbital injuries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EYE INJURY; FACE INJURY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORBIT FRACTURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; DIPLOPIA; EYE INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; ORBITAL FRACTURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOTLAND; VISION DISORDERS; ZYGOMATIC FRACTURES;

EID: 0029899251     PISSN: 00358835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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