Orbital Fracture -The Type Of Orbital Fracture

Orbital fracture

The orbital fracture is the type of eye fracture that is a traumatic injury which includes the injury of the bone of eye socket bone. These types of injuries are the traumatic result of the blunt and forceful event that directly hits the eye socket bone.

There are three types of orbital fractures that can take place with an individual:

Orbital rim fracture -This fracture can occur in the bony outer edges of the eye socket. The thickest part of the eye socket is the rim, so if the rim is affected in the accident then it must have hit it very hard since it requires great deal of force Research Journals In Science to take place. The main cause of this is the car accident. The injuries during the accident can also affect other parts including the facial trauma and optic nerve damage.

Blowout fractures -This kind of fracture occurs when the rim is intact but a crack is formed in the wafer thin bone that makes the floor of the eye socket. The crack on the floor can pinch an eye muscle and anatomy nearby, further preventing Buy Medical Books In USA the eyeball from moving freely in the eye socket. These fractures are caused by objects which are relatively larger than the eye opening, such as baseball.

Direct orbital floor fracture -These types of fracture are rim fractures that have extended into the floor.

Orbital fractures are commonly known as a blowout fracture. They deserve special consideration and care because in other case it can result in permanent vision loss.

Many surgeons term the orbital fracture according to it location inside the orbit for eg: floor, Cone Beam CT In USA medial wall, lateral wall, and roof). Various classifications schemes have been proposed to define the isolation, multi wall, and comminuted orbital fractures along with soft tissue displacement. Mainly classification will improve the inter surgeon communication, provide guidelines for surgical management and will help in establishing a standard for research.

Though, the management has changed a little over the years. The gold standard for detecting and defining orbital fractures is CT imaging. The recommendations are always given for the imaging of the entire face since concomitant fractures are commonly encountered.

In case of performing surgery, the doctor will suggest and give a time period of 2 weeks to allow the swelling to go away. The healing time in case of orbital fracture, depends on severity and location of the fracture. In most of the cases of orbital fractures, the discoloration and swelling begins to subside within a week to 10 days after the injury has occurred. Although, the fractured orbital bones takes longer time to heal. The surgery will be done only after the swelling goes away after few weeks.

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