title: Complications in orbital lesions.
abstract: Excellent imagination of anatomy and diagnostic procedures are the basis for the diagnosis and therapy of orbital lesions. They can divided into (1) periorbital, and (2) intraorbital diseases: (1.1) fractures of the orbital floor; (1.2) alterations of the orbital roof; (1.3) endonasal ethmoidal removal; (1.4) operations for orbital decompression; (2.1) arterial lesion with increase of tension after retrobulbar injection, vulneration of the ethmoidal arteries and resection of orbital fat; (2.2) retrobulbar tumors. Examples are demonstrated. The most frequent complications are disturbances of motility, but operative revisions of these should not be done before 6 months have passed. Additional therapeutic recommendations are made.
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D004172:Diplopia / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D009801:Oculomotor Muscles; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications