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This is a follow-up to a patient who

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has had an orbital floor fracture.

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The patient has had correction surgically of the orbital floor.

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This is best evaluated in the coronal plane.

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As we scroll the images,

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we see the metallic mesh where the orbital

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floor has been reconstructed.

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I tend to be a little bit more generous with respect to

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the location of the mesh and the natural location

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of the orbital floor with the surgeons.

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So, although this orbital floor is not in the exact

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symmetrical location with the contralateral side,

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it is laid nicely in the orbital floor and reconstructs

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the curvature of the orbital floor.

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You notice that this fracture,

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as with the previous case,

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has involved the infraorbital foramen.

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Now, you may be a little bit concerned about the elevation

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of the plate from the orbital floor as we go

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further posterior. Let me demonstrate that.

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So here is the posterior aspect of the repair

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plate and here is the natural orbital floor.

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And you notice that there is a small gap here.

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Do not alienate your plastic surgeons or oculoplastic

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surgeons with regard to this small deviation from the

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normal course of the orbital floor when you

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compare it with the contralateral side.

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The main benefit of this repair is that the inferior

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rectus muscle and orbital fat has been replaced back

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into the orbit and is no longer herniating through the

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gap in the orbital floor, and that there is near-anatomic

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positioning of the plate in the area of the previous fracture.

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Faculty

David M Yousem, MD, MBA

Professor of Radiology, Vice Chairman and Associate Dean

Johns Hopkins University

Tags

Trauma

Orbit

Neuroradiology

Neuro

Head and Neck

CT

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