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Orbital CT in the management of blow‐out fractures of the orbital floor
Author(s) -
Elsås Tor,
Anda Svein
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1990.tb01700.x
Subject(s) - coronal plane , diplopia , medicine , inferior rectus muscle , orbital fracture , fracture (geology) , computed tomography , traction (geology) , anatomy , radiology , surgery , geology , geotechnical engineering , geomorphology
. The CT‐examinations of 15 patients with blow‐out fractures of the orbital floor were reviewed. All patients were examined with coronal/semicoronal CT‐imaging, and 7 patients also were evaluated with semisagittal projections. Only in one case the semisagittal images gave more information than coronal sections when using the classification of Gilbard et al. (1985) of the inferior rectus muscle/fracture relationship. The anterior and posterior fracture margins were better delineated with semisagittal imaging. Two patients exhibiting positive traction tests with hooked, and not entrapped muscles on CT still had diplopia 5 1/2 and 12 weeks after the trauma.