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Specific Issues in Pediatric Periocular Trauma

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Ocular and periocular injuries can cause significant morbidity. Periocular injuries occur in 5% of all serious injuries, according to the United States Eye Injury Registry, and the majority of these involve the canaliculus (81%) and/or the eyelid (70%) [1]. Not surprisingly, the majority of these injuries occur in children (23% in 0–9-year-olds) and teenagers (18% in 10–19-year-olds).

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    Ann P. Murchison M.D., M.P.H. (Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology) & Jurij R. Bilyk M.D.

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Murchison, A.P., Matthews, A.E., Bilyk, J.R. (2012). Specific Issues in Pediatric Periocular Trauma. In: Black, E., Nesi, F., Calvano, C., Gladstone, G., Levine, M. (eds) Smith and Nesi’s Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0971-7_73

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