SUB TOTAL UNILATERAL OCULOMOTOR NERVE PALSY IN A LEFORT-I OSTEOTOMY

Authors
HEROLD J FALWORTH M
Citation
J. Herold et M. Falworth, SUB TOTAL UNILATERAL OCULOMOTOR NERVE PALSY IN A LEFORT-I OSTEOTOMY, British journal of oral & maxillofacial surgery, 34(1), 1996, pp. 104-106
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Dentistry,Oral Surgery & Medicine
Journal title
British journal of oral & maxillofacial surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
02664356
Volume
34
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
104 - 106
Database
ISI
SICI code
0266-4356(1996)34:1<104:STUONP>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
A 35-year-old man developed a pupil sparing palsy of the oculomotor ne rve after a standard Le Fort I osteotomy during which there had been m ore bleeding than usual. No definite cause was found but we suggest th at it was caused by ischaemia of the nerve secondary to local injury b y haematoma or instrumentation. The anatomical basis for this is discu ssed.