Artículos de revistas
Fractured Orbital Wall Reconstruction With an Auricular Cartilage Graft or Absorbable Polyacid Copolymer
Fecha
2011Registro en:
JOURNAL OF CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY, v.22, n.4, p.1256-1259, 2011
1049-2275
10.1097/SCS.0b013e31821c6a77
Autor
KRUSCHEWSKY, Leonardo de Souza
NOVAIS, Tatiana
DALTRO, Carla
BRANCO, Bruno Castelo
LESSA, Marcus
KRUSCHEWSKY, Marinella Benez
MELLO-FILHO, Francisco Verissimo de
Institución
Resumen
Objective: The objective of the study was to compare the functional and aesthetic results of fractured orbital wall reconstruction with an auricular cartilage graft or absorbable polyacid copolymer. Materials and Methods: Twenty patients with blow-out orbital fracture/orbital floor associated or not with the medial wall were assessed by the same craniofacial surgical group. All were evaluated preoperatively and postoperatively by an ophthalmologist for diplopia, enophthalmos, exophthalmos, sensitivity, ophthalmic reflexes, intraocular pressure, and visual field. The patients were subjected to a preoperative facial multislice computed tomographic scan, repeated 6 months after surgery. Eight patients underwent reconstruction with an auricular cartilage graft, and 12 patients, with blade absorbable polyacid copolymer. Subtarsal access was used for all patients. Results: Two patients showed temporary ectropion, 1 in each group. All patients presented satisfactory ocular function, and all tests revealed good orbital delineation, orbital symmetry, periorbital sinus individualization, and reduction of blow-out. Conclusions: The blow-out orbital wall reconstruction can be performed with the use of an auricular cartilage or with a blade absorbable copolymer without differences regarding functional or aesthetic complications and sequelae.