Eye Orbital Floor Fracture

This is a fracture of the paper thin floor of the eye socket with the bony rim surrounding the eye remaining intact.

Eye orbital floor fracture. Direct orbital floor fracture if an orbital rim fracture extends into nearby parts of the eye socket floor both the rim and the socket floor are fractured. This fracture can also affect the muscles and nerves around the eye keeping it from moving properly and feeling normal. Fractures of the orbital floor are common. A blowout fracture of the orbital floor is defined as a fracture of the orbital floor in which the inferior orbital rim is intact.

This is when a blow or trauma to the orbital rim pushes the bones back causing the bones of the eye socket floor buckle to downward. The floor is likely to collapse because the bones of the roof and lateral walls are robust. 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. You can have a fracture in one or all of these parts of the eye socket.

Orbital blowout fracture or indirect orbital floor fracture. The inferior wall or orbital floor is formed by the upper jawbone maxilla part of the cheek bone zygomatic and a.