Floor Of Orbit Orbitale

When we refer to an orbital floor fracture in this text a blow out fracture is meant.

Floor of orbit orbitale.

It is estimated that about 10 of all facial fractures are isolated orbital wall fractures the majority of these being the orbital floor and that 30 40 of all facial fractures involve the orbit. Orbital steroid injections for graves orbitopathy and other inflammatory disease of the orbit have had a somewhat chequered past. Orbital floor fractures can present as blow out fractures or in combination with a zygoma or le fort fractures. The medial wall is formed primarily by the orbital plate of ethmoid as well as contributions from the frontal process of maxilla the lacrimal bone and a small part of the body of the sphenoid.

The floor is separated from the lateral wall by inferior orbital fissure which connects the orbit to pterygopalatine and infratemporal fossa. A blow out fracture pure is a fracture of internal orbital walls without fractures of orbital rims. During my training under norman shorr md at the jules stein eye institute ucla i observed frequent use of orbital steroid injections to treat orbital inflammatory disease including graves and i also learned about steroid injections from william stewart md. The key areas of the orbit involve mainly the posterior orbital floor and medial orbital wall which bulge towards the orbit resulting in an s shape of the orbital floor in the posterior third seen in a sagittal view along the axis of the optic nerve.

According to this theory the contents of the orbit are compressed posteriorly toward the apex of the orbit and the orbital bones break at their weakest point usually the posterior medial part of the floor in the maxillary bone. Orbital floor fractures may result when a blunt object which is of equal or greater diameter than the orbital aperture strikes the eye. Getting hit with a baseball or a fist often causes a orbital blowout fracture. The globe usually does not rupture and the resultant force is transmitted throughout the orbit causing a fracture of the orbital floor.

The floor is likely to collapse because the bones of the roof and lateral walls are robust. Orbital floor fractures may result when a blunt object which is of equal or greater diameter than the orbital aperture strikes the eye or on the cheek 1. The anatomy of the orbital floor predisposes it to fracture. Orbital floor fracture also known as blowout fracture of the orbit eye socket.