Posttraumatic orbital emphysema: incidence, topographic classification and possible pathophysiologic mechanisms. A retrospective study of 137 patients

Van Issum, Christopher; Courvoisier, Delphine; Scolozzi, Paolo

doi:10.1016/j.oooo.2012.10.021

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Posttraumatic orbital emphysema: incidence, topographic classification and possible pathophysiologic mechanisms. A retrospective study of 137 patients

ContributorsVan Issum, Christopher; Courvoisier, Delphine

; Scolozzi, Paolo

Published inOral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology and oral radiology, vol. 115, no. 6, p. 737-742

Publication date2013

Abstract

The aim of this study was to retrospectively evaluate the incidence of posttraumatic orbital emphysema (OE) and to propose a radiologic topographic classification as well as a possible pathophysiologic model.

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Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de chirurgie

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VAN ISSUM, Christopher, COURVOISIER, Delphine, SCOLOZZI, Paolo. Posttraumatic orbital emphysema: incidence, topographic classification and possible pathophysiologic mechanisms. A retrospective study of 137 patients. In: Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology and oral radiology, 2013, vol. 115, n° 6, p. 737–742. doi: 10.1016/j.oooo.2012.10.021

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PID : unige:32367
DOI : 10.1016/j.oooo.2012.10.021
PMID : 23332507

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Posttraumatic orbital emphysema: incidence, topographic classification and possible pathophysiologic mechanisms. A retrospective study of 137 patients

The aim of this study was to retrospectively evaluate the incidence of posttraumatic orbital emphysema (OE) and to propose a radiologic topographic classification as well as a possible pathophysiologic model.

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