Orbital Roof Fractures

Approaches include extracranial intracranial and endonasal endoscopic.

Orbital roof fractures.

Orbital roof fracture icd 801 01 etiology. Look for csf rhinorrhea cartoid cavernous cc fistula. This frequently causes downward and forward displacement of the globe. Background oculorrhea or cerebrospinal fluid leakage developing from a cranio orbital fistula is a rare development following traumatic injury.

When the inner table of the orbital roof is not involved and there is no dural tear the orbital fracture can be accessed by superior orbitotomy. Case report a 22 year old man involved in a motor vehicle accident developed a blowout fracture of the left orbital roof penetrating the frontal lobe inducing oculorrhea. Exposure of orbital roof fractures is normally via preexisting lacerations upper blepharoplasty incisionsor probably most often via coronal approach. Concomitant craniofacial skeletal fractures were common 87 percent as were ophthalmologic injuries 47 percent and traumatic brain injury with intracranial hemorrhage 65 percent.

Coronal slices hard tissue window of the same isolated right orbital roof fracture. Most roof fractures are associated with other orbital fractures and result from significant head trauma as a high degree of force is required to fracture this portion of the orbit. Most orbital roof fractures are blow in fractures displacement of the bone is towards the orbit. Might have intracranial lesions csf rhinorrhea pneumocephalus.

When they do happen they may be associated with intracranial hemorrhages traumatic optic neuropathy and csf leakage into the orbit. It s called a tripod fracture or a zygomaticomaxillary complex zmc fracture. Once the orbital floor is exposed periorbital dissection is performed. After review 159 patients 11 percent were found to have true orbital roof fractures with 36 percent being comminuted.

One hundred five patients returned after discharge average follow up 19 months. Often w traumatic optic neuropathy needs spinal cord dose iv steroids maybe decompression w in 5 days see neuro op other fractures. A common type of orbital rim fracture involves all three major parts of the eye socket. Sagittal slices hard tissue window of an isolated right orbital roof fracture.

The approach used is determined by the surgical needs of the patient. Fractures of the orbital roof typically require a significant amount of force. Isolated orbital roof fractures in adults are uncommon comprising 12 19 of all orbital wall fractures. Six patients 10 percent required operative repair of the orbital roof all of whom had a dural laceration and cerebrospinal fluid leak.