Intracranial complications of transorbital stab wounds.
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چکیده
Oscular and orbital injuries due to stab wounds may mask underlying serious intracranial damage. The correct clinical assessment and treatment of such cases require the attention of a team comprising a neurosurgeon, ophthalmologist, otolaryngologist, and plastic surgeon.
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Intracranial complications of transorbital stab wounds
The most comprehensive series dealing with the intracranial complications of transorbital stab wounds is that of Birch-Hirschfeld (I 930), who collected I 69 cases from the literature and added three of his own. Smaller series have also been described (McLure and Gardner, 1949; Schneider and Henderson, 1952; Kjer, 1954; Bulluck, Baker, and Henderson, I959; Unger and Umbach, I962; Bard and Jarre...
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The British journal of ophthalmology
دوره 59 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1975