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Diplopia after surgical repair of orbital floor fractures.
Blowout fractures of the orbit are common sequelae to blunt facial trauma. Many aspects of this injury have been studied, in particular, the timing of and indications for surgical intervention. Although diplopia is often an indication for surgery and is presented to patients as a potential postoperative complication, the incidence of diplopia after surgical repair of orbital blowout fractures has not been well studied. We retrospectively studied 54 patients who underwent repair of an orbital blowout fracture. A minimum of 6 months follow-up was available for all patients included in the study. A total of 47 of 54 (86%) patients had clinically significant diplopia preoperatively, and 20 of 54 (37%) remained diplopic. A total of 17 of 54 (31%) fractures involved the medial wall and orbital floor, and 13 of these 17 patients (86%) had postoperative diplopia. Patients with combined orbital floor and medial wall fractures appear to be at higher risk for clinically significant diplopia postoperatively than those with fractures of the orbital floor only. The explanation for this observation may be related to a greater difficulty in restoring the preoperative contour of orbits with combined fractures.
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