The approach used is determined by the surgical needs of the patient.
Fracture of the orbital roof.
The clinical picture is often multiple because of involvement of cranial cerebral and facial injuries.
Another mechanism of injury is a blow in fracture where there is an inferiorly directed supraorbital force.
Dural tears are associated with csf leakage and pneumocephalus.
Most orbital roof fractures are blow in fractures displacement of the bone is towards the orbit.
This frequently causes downward and forward displacement of the globe.
The following pages provide general information regarding orbital anatomy and dissection.
Once the orbital floor is exposed periorbital dissection is performed.
Coronal slices hard tissue window of the same isolated right orbital roof fracture.
When the inner table of the orbital roof is not involved and there is no dural tear the orbital fracture can be accessed by superior orbitotomy.
Isolated non displaced orbital roof fractures most commonly seen in children and rarely require surgical intervention.
The primary diagnostic and therapeutic approaches aim to safeguard the cerebral state and to intercept the consequences of severe orbital trauma.
Bilateral orbital roof fractures are rare events usually associated with high energy impact trauma.
Sagittal slices hard tissue window of an isolated right orbital roof fracture.
Approaches include extracranial intracranial and endonasal endoscopic.
Orbital roof fractures are particularly important because of their association with intracranial injury.
There are several different configurations of orbital roof fractures including.
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.