Indirect Traumatic Optic Neuropathy Complicated with Periorbital Facial Bone Fracture

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 795-801

  Hsieh, Ching Hua ^a   Kuo, Yur Ren ^a   Hung, Hsin Chia ^d   Tsai, Hui Hong ^a   Jeng, Seng Feng ^a,b,c  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Facial bone fracture; Facial bone repair; Megadose steroid; Traumatic optical neuropathy; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DETERIORATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG MEGADOSE; EYE INJURY; FACE FRACTURE; FACE SURGERY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LACERATION; LIGHT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUROPATHY; OPEN REDUCTION; OPTIC NERVE INJURY; ORBIT FRACTURE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PERCEPTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 2042524356     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000071298.97591.60     Document Type: Article

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