Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5715402 | Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery | 2017 | 21 Pages |
Abstract
Patients with complex fractures report more permanent sensory disturbance of the ION after surgery than those with isolated orbitozygomatic fractures, although this could not be verified statistically with von Frey filament testing at several locations. Hence, a validated method for testing facial sensibility such as von Frey filaments, although sensitive, is inadequate to determine all aspects of sensory malfunction after orbitozygomatic fractures. This suggests that the patient's experience of long-term sensation after trauma may not be correlated with objective measures.
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Authors
Erik Neovius, Maria Fransson, Cecilia Persson, Sophie Clarliden, Filip Farnebo, T. Kalle Lundgren,