The isolated orbital floor fracture from a transconjunctival or subciliary perspective-A standardized anthropometric evaluation. Med Oral Patol Oral Cir Bucal 2016 Jan 01;21(1):e111-7
Date
11/26/2015Pubmed ID
26595833Pubmed Central ID
PMC4765746DOI
10.4317/medoral.20818Scopus ID
2-s2.0-84953409437 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 3 CitationsAbstract
BACKGROUND: The influence of orbital fractures and their repair on the rate of deformities of the lower eyelid is an ongoing source of discussion in the literature. Most of the present studies include isolated blow-out as well as combined orbital fractures.
MATERIAL AND METHODS: We present a retrospective evaluation of a series of 100 patients after isolated blow-out fracture repair using reference anthropometric data on standardized photographs. Analysis included eye fissure width and height, lid sulcus height, upper lid height, upper and lower iris coverage, position of cornea to palpebra inferior, canthal tilt, scleral show, ectropion and entropion. It was clearly distinguished between operated and contralateral eyelid, whether a transconjunctival or a subciliary approach was performed and amount of fracture. Our main interests were changes of the aforementioned parameters with regards to eyelid deformities.
RESULTS: Surgery per se did not significantly influence eyelid deformities. However, the surgical approach selected significantly affected eye fissure index, lower iris coverage and rate of scleral show, indicating retraction of the lower eyelid.
CONCLUSIONS: The standardized measurements described here are accurate and objective to evaluate postoperative results. The subciliary approach included the highest risk of lower lid retraction as compared to transconjunctival approaches.
Author List
Raschke G, Djedovic G, Peisker A, Wohlrath R, Rieger U, Guentsch A, Gomez-Dammeier M, Schultze-Mosgau SAuthor
Arndt Geuntsch in the CTSI department at Medical College of Wisconsin - CTSIMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
AdultBody Weights and Measures
Conjunctiva
Eyelids
Female
Humans
Male
Orbital Fractures
Orthopedic Procedures
Photography
Retrospective Studies
