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36 year old facial fracture is repair possible?
Can a 36 year old facial(cheekbone) fracture, that is now causing double vision be corrected?
Back in 1989 a softball thrown at high speed fractured my cheek bone(3 breaks), the doctor thought leaving it was ok. A slight inward movement of bone was not that noticeable, however overtime I’m seeing double when looking left. One image on top of the other. Eye doctor says bone is limiting muscle movement.
All the doctors I’ve contacted locally so no to working on this. Only if the fracture was fresh would they consider operating.
Is there a doctor anywhere in the U S who could handle this? Perhaps a physician experienced with old injury cases?
I’m may be resigned to double vision in old age there are worse things.
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tgs have you spoken with plastic surgeons? There may be no one qualified in your town. Gather all your records and send them out. Any images get the CD and the written report. It's hard to image that there aren't lots of surgeons up to the surgery. Do these doctors say why they are saying no?
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2 ReactionsI agree. Are you in a small town, city, rural area? Consider a large referral area hospital specialist. If you mention the town you are in, perhaps someone here can direct you to the closest facility.
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2 ReactionsI was thinking the same....a large teaching hospital like Mayo, John's Hopkins, Stanford, etc
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2 ReactionsSo far I’ve only contacted Huntsville AL and one doctor in Birmingham Alabama.
So far just Huntsville and Birmingham Alabama. I’m gonna try larger cities.
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1 ReactionSounds good thanks everyone
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1 ReactionA quick search of Alabama produced these hospitals
UAB hospitals
USA health university hospital
Huntsville hospital
Baptist medical center south (Montgomery)
UAB in burmingham and USA health university hospital in mobile were noted to be especially notable
Of course this comes from internet so approach with a bit of caution and do your own research
Since the damage was structural and not purely cosmetic in nature I wonder if a maxillofacial surgeon is the place to start. Myoms.org is a resource for your research. Lots of good information you can search for a surgeon there under facial injury and trauma. Best of luck to you.
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