Detecting Binocular Diplopia in Orbital Floor Blowout Fractures: Superiority of the Orthoptic Approach.

ABSTRACT: Background and Objectives: In patients with orbital floor blowout fracture (OFBF), accurate diagnosis of ocular motility disorder is important for decisions about conservative or surgical therapy. However, the accuracy of the traditional test for detecting binocular diplopia/ocular motility disorder using a moving pencil or finger (hereinafter, "finger test") has been generally accepted as correct and has not been subject to scrutiny so far. Hence, its accuracy relative to full orthoptic examination is unknown. Materials and Methods: In this paper, the results of the "finger test" were compared with those derived from a complex examination by orthoptic tests (considered "true" value in patients with OFBF). Results: "Finger test" detected ocular motility disorder in 23% of patients while th

SUBMITTER: Timkovic J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8470445 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature