Visual Recovery Following Immediate Decompression of Traumatic Retrobulbar Hemorrhage via Transcranial Approach: —Case Report—

Neurologia medico-chirurgica

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 221-224

  Amagasaki, Kenichi ^a   Tsuji, Reizo ^a   Nagaseki, Yoshishige ^b  

^a Department of Pathology Kanoiwa General Hospital   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

blindness; decompression; retrobulbar hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; RETROBULBAR HEMORRHAGE; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; EYE INJURIES; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; ORBITAL DISEASES; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; VISION;

EID: 0031948577     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.38.221     Document Type: Article

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