Orbital roof fractures orbital roof fractures are more common in childhood as the frontal sinus has not yet pneumatised therefore all posterior force to the superior orbital rim is transferred to the anterior cranial base.
Fracture of the orbital roof.
Most orbital roof fractures are blow in fractures displacement of the bone is towards the orbit.
Coronal slices hard tissue window of the same isolated right orbital roof fracture.
Fractures of the orbital roof typically require a significant amount of force.
Orbital roof fractures are frequently associated with a high energy impact to the craniofacial region and displaced orbital roof fractures can cause ophthalmic and neurologic complications and occasionally require open surgical intervention.
Exposure of orbital roof fractures is normally via preexisting lacerations upper blepharoplasty incisionsor probably most often via coronal approach.
An orbital blowout fracture is a traumatic deformity of the orbital floor or medial wall typically resulting from impact of a blunt object larger than the orbital aperture or eye socket.
Fractures may be limited to the internal orbital skeleton.
Fractures of the roof of the orbit are typically associated with trauma to the forehead frontal bone are are often extensions of superior orbital rim fractures.
This type includes blow out and blow in patterns as seen in isolated fractures of the orbital floor medial wall and roof.
The following pages provide general information regarding orbital anatomy and dissection.
Most commonly the inferior orbital wall i e.
A 22 year old man who was assaulted with a baseball bat suffered an operative orbital roof blow in fracture and fractures of the medial and lateral orbital walls right frontal bone and sinus and.
When they do happen they may be associated with intracranial hemorrhages traumatic optic neuropathy and csf leakage into the orbit.
The floor is likely to collapse because the bones of the roof and lateral walls are robust.
Another mechanism of injury is a blow in fracture where there is an inferiorly directed supraorbital force.
Sagittal slices hard tissue window of an isolated right orbital roof fracture.