Unusual penetrating orbit injury

Unusual penetrating orbit injury

Penetrating head and face injuries can cause hemorrhages, neurological lesions, visual acuity loss, fractures and facial deformities. This report discusses an injury caused by a knife that penetrated the left orbit and reached the skull base without damaging any important structures. The knife was r...

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Published in:International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery Vol. 35; no. 1; pp. 92 - 93
Main Authors: Bourguignon Filho, A.M., Puppin, A.A.C., Pimentel, D.P., Jaques, P.M., Borges, H.O.I., Lanes Silveira, R., Beltrão, G.C.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam Elsevier Ltd 2006
Elsevier
Subjects:
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Dentistry
Eyelids - injuries
Foreign Bodies - complications
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Orbit - injuries
Otorhinolaryngology. Stomatology
Skull Base - injuries
Wounds, Penetrating - surgery
Case study
Human
Treatment
Penetrating injury
Stomatology
Surgery
Orbit(eye)
Trauma
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Summary:Penetrating head and face injuries can cause hemorrhages, neurological lesions, visual acuity loss, fractures and facial deformities. This report discusses an injury caused by a knife that penetrated the left orbit and reached the skull base without damaging any important structures. The knife was removed through the entrance wound and no complications were observed either during or after surgery.
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ISSN:0901-5027
1399-0020
DOI:10.1016/j.ijom.2005.04.018