Repair for Orbital Bone Fracture with Supramid(R) Plate.
- Author:
Beom Jin CHO
1
;
Yoon Duck KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Blow-out fracture;
Complication;
Supramid(R)
- MeSH:
Diplopia;
Follow-Up Studies;
Fractures, Bone*;
Humans;
Muscles;
Optic Nerve;
Orbit*;
Orbital Fractures;
Postoperative Complications;
Visual Acuity
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
1993;34(10):925-935
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
We analyzed the clinical manifestations and results of 29 patients with orbital bone fracture who were repaired with Supramid(R) plate. The time interval between the day of injury and the operation averaged 84 days. Only 7 patients(25%) were operated within two weeks after trauma. The site of fractures were the orbital floor in 11 patients, the medial wall in 7 patients, both the medial and inferior wall in 10 patients, and the three walls of the roof, the medial, and the infereior wall in one patIent. During the average follow-up period of 9.4 months, there were significant improvement of symptoms and signs in patients on whom operations were performed within two weeks. Twenty-five percent of patients who were operated more than 2 weeks after recelvmg trauma showed no improvement of diplopia and imbalance of extraocular muscles. One patient showed optic nerve damage as postoperative complication, which was improved to the preoperative visual acuity three months after operation. No other complications such as implant extrusion or infection developed.
