Blindness after blunt facial trauma: Are there any clinical clues to early recognition?

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 328-335

  Dancey, Anne ^a   Perry, Michael ^b   Silva, D C ^b  

^a BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blindness; Maxillofacial trauma; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BLUNT FACIAL TRAUMA; BLUNT TRAUMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FACE FRACTURE; FACE INJURY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MAXILLOFACIAL INJURY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RARE DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SKULL FRACTURE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

BLINDNESS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENGLAND; FACIAL INJURIES; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MEDICAL RECORDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 13844275296     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000135353.28388.B0     Document Type: Article

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