Orbital Floor Implant Surgery

The objective of this study was to summarize published data for resorbable implants in orbital reconstruction including polymer composition degradation characteristics osteoconductivity and complications such as enophthalmos diplopia and peri implant inflammation.

Orbital floor implant surgery. While a lateral canthotomy and inferior cantholysis are often advocated they are unnecessary and can be omitted with no loss of exposure. 1 clinical diagnosis of an orbital floor defect. Medpor plastic surgery us patent 7 655 047 titan orbital floor and wall ofw titan implants cat description a mm b mm thickness 81020 mtm 50 76 0 85 81021 mtm 38 50 0 85. He prefers to measure the size of the fracture in two dimensions and the degree of fragment displacement on ct scan.

They fulfilled the following inclusion criteria. She had an incarcerated inferior rectus muscle in the fracture. Implants designed using ct scan data to approximate the anatomy of the orbital floor and medial wall. In my view that s a rather arbitrary measurement for example see the two fractures in fig.

Orbital fracture repair surgery is usually performed within a few weeks of the injury. Some surgeons say that 50 percent involvement of the orbital floor or wall is an indication for surgery dr. The eye socket is typically repaired by reinforcing the fractured area with a synthetic implant. In addition to the medpor titan 3d orbital floor implant we offer a comprehensive selection of implants to treat orbital floor fractures with specificity.

No results liu jk gotfried on cole cd dougherty wr couldwell wt medpor porous polyethylene implant for cranioplasty and skull base reconstruction neurosurgery april 2004. Orbital floor fracture repair simplified. The surgery involves advanced plastic surgical techniques. All orbital floor fractures should be repaired via a transconjunctival approach.

This video illustrates the use of porous polyethylene implant stabilized with cyanoacrylate glue to repair an orbital floor fracture by the transconjunctival technique in a 10 year old child who had sustained a facial trauma. Orbital fractures are one of the most common sequelae of facial trauma. Holck d foster j and dahl t custom shaped porous polyethylene titanium mesh orbital implants for internal orbital floor medial wall fracture repair asoprs 37th annual fall scientific syllabus pp190 november 15 16 2006. 3 of these patients only 30 with pure blowout fractures were included in our study.

In the department of maxillofacial surgery of the federico ii university of naples italy between 2005 and 2007 we observed 44 unilateral fractures of the orbital floor pure and impure.