Management of patients with facial trauma and associated ocular/orbital injuries.
Ocular injury can be associated with facial fractures in a significant percentage of cases. It is mandatory for surgeons treating such fractures to be familiar with the types of orbital injuries, the appropriate physical examination and diagnostic tests, and the management techniques involved in treating traumatic visual loss. This article reviews the diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to this important problem.
Weisman
R A
RA
UCLA School of Medicine, Westwood.
Savino
P J
PJ
D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D005147:Facial Bones / Q000293:injuries; D005151:Facial Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D009917:Orbital Fractures / Q000150:complications; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy