Rounding of the inferior rectus muscle as an indication of orbital floor fracture with periorbital disruption

Journal of Otolaryngology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 175-180

  Banerjee, Avik ^a,b   Moore, Corey C ^a   Tse, Raymond ^a   Matic, Damir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blowout; CT scan; Enophthalmos; Indications for repair; Inferior rectus muscle; Orbital floor fracture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CANADA; CLINICAL INDICATOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; HEAD; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFERIOR RECTUS MUSCLE; LABORATORY TEST; MORPHOLOGY; ORBIT FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ENOPHTHALMOS; HUMANS; ORBITAL FRACTURES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34748871924     PISSN: 03816605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7070.2007.0031     Document Type: Article

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