[A comparison of clinical, x-ray and surgical data in posttraumatic deformities of the naso-orbital complex]

Observation and palpation could not fully determine the damage caused by trauma in posttraumatic patients. With intra-operation findings and X-ray imaging compared, the latter failed to reveal the full amount of bone destruction, except for the fractures of several parts of orbital interior walls at the level of lamina papyracea. The X-ray investigation routine comprising lateral observational view and medial zonography performed using an OP-6 device proved most effective. In cases when special devices are not available the semiaxial projection and eccentric orbital picture are most informative.