Orbital Floor Fracture Blowout

Bruising and limited eye movements secondary to swelling are common clinical presentations top.

Orbital floor fracture blowout. Orbital fractures are a common presentation to ophthalmologists who treat blunt trauma and fractures of the floor are the most common of all. An orbital blowout fracture is a traumatic deformity of the orbital floor or medial wall typically resulting from impact of a blunt object larger than the orbital aperture or eye socket most commonly the inferior orbital wall i e. The floor is likely to collapse because the bones of the roof and lateral walls are robust. Orbital floor fractures may result when a blunt object which is of equal or greater diameter than the orbital aperture strikes the eye.

The globe usually does not rupture and the resultant force is transmitted throughout the orbit causing a fracture of the orbital floor. The patient understood and wanted to proceed with exploration and reconstruction of left orbital floor blowout fracture with split calvarial bone graft. The poor fragile floor. The patient was explained the risks complications benefits alternatives including the risks of bleeding infection scarring injury to nerve.

The orbital floor and medial. Inferior blowout fractures involving the floor of the orbit maxillary sinus roof are the most common followed by medial wall blowout fractures. An example of a patient presenting with a right orbital floor blowout fracture. Blowout fractures of the orbit most frequently affect the middle third of the orbit where the orbital walls are the thinnest.

Orbital blowout fractures anatomy and mechanism of injury. Ct scan demonstrates common findings of a blow out fracture with evidence of a depressed right orbital floor bottom. Orbital blowout fractures occur when there is a fracture of one of the walls of orbit but the orbital rim remains intact.