Eye Orbital Floor Fracture

Fractures of the orbital floor are common.

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. 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. The floor is likely to collapse because the bones of the roof and lateral walls are robust. The inferior wall or orbital floor is formed by the upper jawbone maxilla part of the cheek bone zygomatic and a.

Orbital blowout fracture or indirect orbital floor fracture. This fracture can also affect the muscles and nerves around the eye keeping it from moving properly and feeling normal. This is a fracture of the paper thin floor of the eye socket with the bony rim surrounding the eye remaining intact. A blowout fracture of the orbital floor is defined as a fracture of the orbital floor in which the inferior orbital rim is 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. 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.