Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3154183 | Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery | 2009 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
Comminuted ZMC fractures had been reported to be associated with a signficantly higher incidence of visual sequelae than other forms of midfacial injury. A 10% incidence of major or blinding injuries and a 6% incidence of traumatic optic neuropathy are significant, and warrants a prompt ophthalmologic examination of all patients with ZMC fractures as quickly as possible, and always preoperatively in injuries necessitating surgical repair.
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Authors
Basem T. BDS, Scott M. DO, Kate A. MD, Jurj R. MD, Edmund A. MD, Robert J. DMD, MD, MSPH, Daniel I. DDS, MD,