Early treatment of orbital floor fractures with catheter balloon in children.
Fifteen pediatric patients with orbital floor fractures were successfully treated early, following injury by a transantrally introduced catheter-balloon technique. The latter stabilizes and supports the torn, but still vascularized periosteum at the edges of the fracture and also serves as a guide for its further proliferation and new bone formation. Apart from a transient anesthesia in the dermatome of the infraorbital nerve in certain patients no complication or sequela was noted in this series. Accordingly early repair with the use of catheter-balloon appears to be a viable alternative in the repair of orbital floor fracture in children.
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Department of Otolaryngology, Soroka Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
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D000293:Adolescent; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D002648:Child; D005592:Fracture Fixation / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008443:Maxillary Sinus / Q000601:surgery; D009917:Orbital Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D010521:Periosteum / Q000601:surgery