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An orbital fracture is when you break one or more of the bones that make up your eye socket. There are several different kinds of orbital fractures. The most common causes of orbital fractures are car accidents and getting hit in the face with a fist or ball. Treatment will vary depending on the type and severity of your injury.
Oct 20, 2021 · Orbital fractures are traumatic injuries usually caused by assault, sports, or accidents. A careful assessment of the orbit injury may include examination of the facial bones, eyelids, and surrounding soft tissue; inspection of the globe; and visual acuity. A definitive diagnosis is confirmed by computed tomography scan of the orbit.
Dec 15, 2023 · Orbital floor and medial orbital wall fractures, also known as blowout fractures, are common midface injuries. Orbital fractures have a distinct traumatic mechanism and are usually complex due to the intricate anatomy of the bony and soft tissue structures involved. The frontal, ethmoidal, sphenoid, zygomatic, and lacrimal bones form the bony ...
- Lukas Koenen, Muhammad Waseem
- 2023/12/15
- 2021
Sep 28, 2017 · An orbital fracture is when there is a break in one of the bones surrounding the eyeball (called the orbit, or eye socket). Usually this kind of injury is caused by blunt force trauma, when something hits the eye very hard. Orbital Fracture Types. Any of the bones surrounding the eye can be fractured, or broken. Here are types of orbital fractures:
Nov 17, 2015 · Indications for surgery. Many orbital fractures do not lead to enophthalmos, diplopia, or ocular motility dysfunction. 27, 28 However, predicting future outcome in the acute setting can be difficult. The decision to observe a fracture or proceed with surgery is based on the clinical exam findings, orbital imaging, and assessment of the risk and ...
- Jennings R Boyette, John D Pemberton, Juliana Bonilla-Velez
- 10.2147/OPTH.S80463
- 2015
- Clin Ophthalmol. 2015; 9: 2127-2137.
May 15, 2023 · The total number of orbital fractures included in the analysis was 1137 (Table 2). The most frequent surgical approach was the endoscopic (33.3%), followed by the external surgical approaches. The most frequent external surgical approaches included the transconjunctival (32.8%), the subciliary (13.5%), the subtarsal (11.5%), and the ...
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Jun 11, 2010 · Evaluation of patients with suspected orbital fracture should involve radiologic examination, motility test, diplopia field test and exophthalmometry. Plain X-ray films, although rarely used, with the Caldwell and Waters view may be done as a screening evaluation for possible fractures and foreign bodies.
