[Ophthalmologic aspects in the treatment of traumatic orbit deformity]

Results of ophthalmologic examinations of a total of 65 patients with traumatic orbit deformations and a pronounced dislocation of the eyeball (a mean time elapsed from trauma to surgery is 19 months) are presented in the article. Enophthalmos was diagnosed in 89% of patients, ptosis of the eyeball--in 69% of patients and ophthalmoplegia--in 77% of patients. Pathology of the posterior eye segment was recorded in a majority of cases, while pathology of the optic nerve was recorded in more than 43% of cases. Inferior orbital wall plasty was performed in all patients. A reduced optic neuropathy (a mean postoperative follow-up of 15 months) was registered in a number of cases after the surgical repositioning of the eyeball and conservative treatment.