Acta oto-laryngologica
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Acta oto-laryngologica · Feb 2007
Diplopia in orbital fractures: a simple method to evaluate eye motility.
This study on eye motility demonstrates a new application of electro-oculography which proved to have a high potential for establishing and diagnosing the cause of diplopia in orbital floor fractures. Electro-oculography is objective and easy to perform even when the restricted eye is covered. The 'uninjured' eye can be used as the reference. Any motility difference between the left and the right eye was easily detected. ⋯ Simulated entrapment was easily detected as a distinct difference between right and left eye motility recordings (p<0.001). Recordings of patients with diplopia differed significantly from those of healthy test subjects with respect to velocity (p<0.05) and range of motility (p<0.05).