title: [Computed tomography in diagnosing and determining treatment policy in patients with posttraumatic pathology of the eye and orbit].
abstract: The paper analyzes the diagnostic value of computed tomography (CT) in posttraumatic lesion of the eye socket, ball, and appendage and identifies the basic groups of patients in whom CT is an essential study. In 2004, the Department of Traumatology, Reconstructive Surgery, and Eye Prosthesis, Helmholtz Research Institute of Eye Diseases, performed CT in 323 patients (18.2% of the inpatients and 3.4% of the outpatients). Analyzing all CT images identified the basic groups of patients in whom this study was essential. The CT scans characterizing examples from each group of patients are given. The studies could extend indications in patients with posttraumatic lesion of the eye and orbital area for CT. The latter is an important and essential study in patients with traumatic pathology of the eye with multiple and hard-to-reach foreign bodies and with trauma of the soft and osseous structures of the orbit, which makes it possible to determine not only the possibility, but also pattern and scope of a surgical intervention and to assess its long-term result.
authors.forename: I A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Filatova
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Tishkova
authors.forename: M Z
authors.initials: MZ
authors.lastname: Beraia
authors.forename: L Ia
authors.initials: LIa
authors.lastname: Poliakova
authors.forename: N R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Tkhelidze
mesh_terms: D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D013508:Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D009915:Orbit / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D015599:Trauma Severity Indices