Distracted pedestrian sustains orbital fracture while on cell phone

Clinical Ophthalmology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2013, Pages 671-673

  Edell, Aimée R ^a   Jung, Jesse J ^a   Solomon, Joel M ^a   Palu, Richard N ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell phone distraction; Ocular trauma; Orbital floor fracture; Orbital fracture; Pedestrian safety

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIPLOPIA; ECCHYMOSIS; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; EYE PAIN; HUMAN; INFERIOR RECTUS MUSCLE; MALE; MAXILLARY SINUS; MOBILE PHONE; ORBIT FRACTURE; PERIORBITAL EDEMA; RANGE OF MOTION;

EID: 84875998871     PISSN: 11775467     EISSN: 11775483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/OPTH.S41257     Document Type: Article

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