Extraocular muscle damage from dental implant penetration to the orbit

Purpose: To demonstrate an unusual case of orbital trauma due to dental surgery complication. Observations: An elderly patient who underwent dental implantation to the zygomatic bone was hospitalized in the ophthalmology department with impaired abduction of her right eye, also evident on ocular exa...

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Main Authors: Mark Krauthammer, Amir Shuster, Daphna Mezad-Koursh, Benjamin Shlomi, Chaim Stolovitch, Igal Leibovitch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-04-01
Series:American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2451993616300627