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komobu@yahoo.com - 29 Jun 2005 08:57 GMT

Hi;

I am in the Army and currently living in Korea. My 18 year old Korean
niece was attacked the night before last. She has a Black Eye, but the
main problem is that her left eye no longer follows her right eye. I
think it just stays fixed. The Korean doctors are talking about
surgery. Could you please tell me what this condition is called and how
surgery will attempt to fix it? A lot is lost in the translation and I
would appreciate any information at all.

Thanks Again
Pat

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Mike Tyner - 29 Jun 2005 14:02 GMT

> I am in the Army and currently living in Korea. My 18 year old Korean
> niece was attacked the night before last. She has a Black Eye, but the
> main problem is that her left eye no longer follows her right eye. I
> think it just stays fixed.

If the eye were "fixed" completely and didn't move, that'd be pretty drastic
(and unlikely.)

More likely she has limited motion in one direction, more or less.

The most common cause is a small fracture where the thin bones under or
beside the eye "blow out" to relieve the pressure of the impact. Blowout
fractures aren't all that serious unless an extraocular muscle gets trapped
in the fracture, restricting movement.

> The Korean doctors are talking about
> surgery. Could you please tell me what this condition is called and how
> surgery will attempt to fix it?

I suspect they're treating a "blowout fracture with entrapment." This
surgery is usually quite successful.

-MT

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komobu@yahoo.com - 29 Jun 2005 23:04 GMT

Mike,
Thanks so much for the reply. I had no idea what to search for on the
internet and you provided much useful information. How do they get to
the thin bone you are talking about? Do they have to remove the eye
from the socket?

Thanks Again
Pat

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Mike Tyner - 29 Jun 2005 23:32 GMT

> Thanks so much for the reply. I had no idea what to search for on the
> internet and you provided much useful information. How do they get to
> the thin bone you are talking about? Do they have to remove the eye
> from the socket?

No... no way to put it back if they do that.

They slip instruments in below the eye, or along the side.

-MT

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John Yasar - 04 Jul 2005 14:40 GMT

>Hi;
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Would you mind telling me what post this incident took place? If not
necessarily on post, what area?

Thanks.

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U.S. ARMY
AH-64D "Armt Dawg"
A Co/602d ASB/2ID/EUSA
Camp Humphreys, South Korea
Monday, 04 Jul 2005 / 22:39:54 Korea Standard Time

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