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Orbital blowout fractures — the influence of age on surgical outcome
Author(s) -
Leitch R. J.,
Burke J. P.,
Strachan I. M.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1990.tb01891.x
Subject(s) - medicine , outcome (game theory) , orbital fracture , surgery , mathematics , mathematical economics
We report the frequency of troublesome diplopia in 17 patients (11 patients ≤ 21 years) who underwent surgical repair of traumatic orbital blowout fractures. Thirteen patients had primary surgery performed within 21 days of injury, 2 patients at 4 and 6 weeks and 2 cases at 6 and 24 months. The latter continues to complain of diplopia. Contrary to previous studies, we found that young patients were no more likely to suffer from symptomatic post‐operative residual diplopia than their adult counterparts.