A report of 2 patients with transient blindness following Le Fort I osteotomy and a review of past reported cases
Blindness following a LeFort I osteotomy is a rare but extremely serious complication. Ten cases have been reported to date. None of these patients recovered vision. Optic neuropathy is believed to be the cause but the exact mechanism has not been settled. We report the first, and the only two, docu...
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| Main Authors: | Philip Mathew, Hirji Sorab Adenwalla, Puthucode V Narayanan, Emily Nyamu |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
2015-09-01
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| Series: | Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery |
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| Online Access: | http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0970-0358.173129 |
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