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Recurrent Orbital Trauma Following Repaired Orbital Floor Fracture
Benjamin Homer1, Alexander Homer1, Stephen R Sullivan2
1Brown University, Providence, RI.
The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery
|January 25, 2020
Abstract:
A study of a 22-year-old male who was assaulted and sustained a left orbital floor blowout fracture was presented in this study. The orbital floor was repaired with a titanium-reinforced porous polyethylene implant. Two years postoperatively, the patient sustained repeated left orbital trauma. The orbital floor implant remained stable while the medial wall blew out.
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