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ORBITAL BLOWOUT FRACTURES
Author(s) -
FirthSmith William,
Rogers Peter A.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1972.tb107984.x
Subject(s) - orbital fracture , natural (archaeology) , medicine , surgery , geology , paleontology
Orbital blowout fractures are more common than is generally realized. There is a natural tendency to overlook this type of injury, which, if left unattended, may lead to structural and functional changes that defy late surgical correction in many cases. From this series of 11 cases there emerges a pattern of variability of clinical signs.