Purpose This study evaluated outcomes of surgical treatment for enophthalmos after pediatric orbital blowout fracture. Associations fracture type, site, time from injury to treatment, and type procedure with were assessed. Methods The medical records 200 children adolescents (38 girls 162 boys) fractures treated in the authors' department 1975 2015 reviewed retrospectively. main causes accident...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to demonstrate the sensitivity and specificity of multislice computed tomography (CT) for diagnosis of orbital fractures following different protocols, using an independent workstation. MATERIALS AND METHODS CT images of 36 patients with maxillofacial fractures (symptomatic to orbit region) who were submitted to multislice CT scanning were analyzed, r...

BACKGROUND Restoring orbital volume in large blowout fractures is still a technically challenge to the orbital surgeon. In this study, we restored the orbital wall using the combination of transorbital and transnasal approach with additional supports from the paranasal sinuses, and we compared the surgical outcome to that of a conventional transorbital method. METHODS A retrospective review o...

BACKGROUND Orbital blowout fractures can be managed by several surgical specialties including plastic and maxillofacial surgery, otolaryngology, and ophthalmology. Recommendations for surgical fracture repair depend on a combination of clinical and imaging studies to evaluate muscle/nerve entrapment and periorbital tissue herniation. METHODS The aim of this study was to verify the applicabili...

The authors describe an arthroscopic surgical technique for posterior capsulolabral repair using standard portals while patients are in the beach-chair position. The technique is unique in that the suture anchors are inserted from a superior-to-inferior direction instead of the traditional posterolateral-to-anteromedial direction. It involves the use of a posterolateral or mid-lateral portal th...

AIMS To evaluate the inferior to temporal neuroretinal rim width ratio and superior to temporal rim width ratio as measures of rim shape for diagnosis of glaucoma. METHODS Colour stereo optic disc photographs of 527 normal subjects, 100 ocular hypertensive individuals with normal visual fields, and 202 open angle glaucoma patients with a mean perimetric defect of less than 10 dB were morphome...

OBJECT Lesions of the cavernous sinus remain a technical challenge. The most common surgical approaches involve some variation of the standard frontotemporal craniotomy. Here, the authors describe a surgical approach to access the cavernous sinus that involves the removal of the lateral orbital wall. METHODS To achieve exposure of the cavernous sinus, a lateral canthal incision is performed, ...

To the Editor: Approaches to the craniofacial skeleton have been developed to provide good surgical access and to obtain cosmetically favorable scars. The zygomatic complex and the orbit present a significant concern for postoperative scars because of their prominent visibility on the face. A zygomaticomaxillary orbital complex fracture may require exposure of the zygomatic buttress through the...