Orbital Floor Fracture Surgery Recovery

Endoscopic management of facial fractures.

Orbital floor fracture surgery recovery. The floor of the eye socket ruptures or cracks resulting in a small hole in the eye socket s floor which can trap some parts of the eye muscles and its surrounding. Cheong ec chen ct chen yr. The inferior wall or orbital floor is formed by the upper jawbone maxilla part of the cheek bone zygomatic and a small part of the hard palate palatine bone. Orbital blowout fracture or indirect orbital floor fracture.

Orbital floor fracture also known as blowout fracture of the orbit eye socket. In my view that s a rather arbitrary measurement for example see the two fractures in fig. Farwell dg strong eb. This study attempted to address this basic issue by examining wound strength and histologic characteristics after orbital floor fracture repair with three commonly used materials.

Curr opin otolaryngol head neck surg. Fractures to the inferior. Endoscopic management of orbital floor fractures. Orbital floor fractures may result when a blunt object which is of equal or greater diameter than the orbital aperture strikes the eye or on the cheek 1.

Orbital floor fractures are among the most common facial fractures and patients and surgeons often ask when the patient can resume normal activities after surgical treatment. Some surgeons say that 50 percent involvement of the orbital floor or wall is an indication for surgery dr. This is a fracture of the paper thin floor of the eye socket with the bony rim surrounding the eye remaining intact. Pham am strong eb.