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Orbital fractures in the emergency department: a review of early assessment and management
Abstract
Orbital fractures are a common, potentially vision-threatening presentation to an emergency department. Appropriate early management and referral by the emergency medicine practitioner has a significant role in preventing cosmetic and functional sequelae of orbital trauma. In this paper, we review the emergency, non-specialist management of traumatic injuries to the orbit.
- emergency department management
- maxillo-facial
- Trauma, head
- ophthalmology