Facial Fracture-Associated Blindness

• Published in: The Journal of craniofacial surgery Vol. 29; no. 3; p. 751
• Main Authors: Béogo, Rasmané, Coulibaly, Toua Antoine, Dolo, Mariam Traoré, Traoré, Ibraima, Ouattara, Balla, Diallo, Jean Wenceslas
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.05.2018

Yet uncommon, blindness is a potential associated injury of facial fractures. Epidemiology, mechanisms, fracture types, and outcome of facial fractures-associated blindness in a 10-year period are retrospectively reviewed. Out of 907 facial fractures patients, 10 had blindness, giving a frequency of...