title: [Rare mechanisms of blowout fractures. Discussion of two case reports].
abstract: In the emergency room different forms of traumata with resulting insulating orbital blowout fracture are observed. The cause of accident is almost always impact to the central face with a solid object or on a hard surface. The hydraulic pressure theory and buckling force theory in terms of the pathomechanism are valid and accepted explanation models. We report two clinical cases of unusual injury mechanisms, which we discuss with reference to the available literature.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik und Poliklinik für Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Heilkunde, Kopf- und Halschirurgie, Doberaner Strasse 137-9, 18057, Rostock, Deutschland. ellen.guder@med.uni-rostock.de
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Guder
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dommerich
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Guthoff
authors.forename: H N
authors.initials: HN
authors.lastname: Pau
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019072:Antibiotic Prophylaxis; D001753:Blast Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005107:Explosions; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D006874:Hydrostatic Pressure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D015835:Ocular Motility Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D009917:Orbital Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery