White Eye Orbital Floor Fracture

Orbital rim fracture often caused by car accidents orbital rim fractures affect the thick bone of the outer edges of the eye socket.

White eye orbital floor fracture. A blowout fracture of the orbital floor is defined as a fracture of the orbital floor in which the inferior orbital rim is intact. 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. S02 40 s02 32 and restricted motility diplopia codes. The white eyed blowout fracture in the child.

Rhee js kilde j yoganadan n pintar f. 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 most commonly the inferior orbital wall i e. Jordan dr allen lh white j harvey j pashby r esmaeli b. Ophthal plast reconstr surg.

A blowout fracture is a break in the floor or inner wall of the orbit or eye socket. Ophthalmic plast reconstr surg. J surg case rep. Getting hit with a baseball or a fist often causes a blowout fracture.

In summary physicians should be aware of the signs symptoms and radiologic findings of orbital floor fractures. In addition physicians should be aware of webof as a subset of orbital floor fractures that may require more urgent surgical intervention. Blowout fracture a break of the thin inner wall or floor of the eye socket. Orbital floor fracture a blow to the rim of the eye socket.

White eyed blow out fracture webof is a term for an orbital fracture with restrictive strabismus. The floor is likely to collapse because the bones of the roof and lateral walls are robust. This is a fracture of the paper thin floor of the eye socket with the bony rim surrounding the eye remaining intact. About 85 of traumatic eye injuries including eye socket fractures happen by accident during contact sports at work in car crashes or while doing home repair projects.

Icd codes include fracture codes e g. Orbital blowout fracture or indirect orbital floor fracture. Intervention within days for some orbital floor fractures. 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.

The floor of the eye socket ruptures or cracks resulting in a small hole in the eye socket s floor which can trap some parts of the eye muscles and its surrounding. Getting hit with a baseball or fist often causes these breaks. Intervention within days for some orbital floor fractures. A crack in the very thin bone that makes up these walls can pinch muscles and other structures around the eye keeping the eyeball from moving properly.

Orbital floor fracture with entrapment white eyed blowout fracture. A webof is a type of orbital fracture with tissue entrapped in small orbital break resulting in restrictive strabismus.