@article{ref1,
title="Orbital impalement injury. An unusual case",
journal="Transactions of the Ophthalmological Societies of the United Kingdom",
year="1980",
author="Aichmair, H.",
volume="100",
number="4",
pages="483-484",
abstract="A 24-year-old man suffered an orbital impalement injury from a car aerial antenna that penetrated the medial third of the right lower lid. Immediately after the accident a convergent eye position, diplopia, and complete paresis of the upper lid as well as reduced abduction could be observed; the uninjured globe could not be moved beyond the midline. According to orbital tomograms and a traction test an incarceration of the medial rectus muscle was suspected. Electromyography 24 days after the accident revealed a peripheral paresis of the abducens nerve but an intact medial rectus muscle. Surgical exploration of the muscle was postponed, and the condition of the eye gradually improved; 8 days after the electromyography the clinical examination as well as the electromyogram showed near to normal results.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0078-5334",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}