title: [Treatment of fractures of the floor of the orbit with a double approach. Apropos of 30 cases].
abstract: Orbital floor fractures present an urgent motive for consulting both the ophthalmologist and the ENT surgeon. A complete surgical exploration, with a double approach, allows manual and visual control. Therefore, the floor is repaired in the best conditions with the use of a graft from the anterior wall of the maxilla. Thirty cases are presented here with a follow-up of three to five years. The object of this study is to show the necessity of cooperation between the ENT surgeon and the ophthalmologist, and the advantages of the double-sided approach. The technique gives an excellent view of the lesion, allows a sound anatomical repair with a graft taken through a Caldwell-Luc approach. On the whole, the results of this series, started in 1976, are very satisfactory.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008437:Maxilla / Q000637:transplantation; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D009885:Ophthalmology; D009917:Orbital Fractures / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D010036:Otolaryngology; D011379:Prognosis; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Traitement des fractures du plancher de l'orbite par une double voie d'abord à propos de 30 cas.