Natural course of orbital roof fractures.
The natural course of several isolated and nonisolated orbital roof fractures is reported, by showing four cases in which a "wait and see" policy was followed. All four cases showed spontaneous repositioning and stabilizing of the fracture within less than a year. This might be explained by the equilibrium between the intraorbital and intracranial pressures.
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Liselotte H M
LH
Stam
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Eppo B
EB
Wolvius
Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery, University of Minnesota, Regions Hospital, St. Paul, Minnesota.
Warren
W
Schubert
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Maarten J
MJ
Koudstaal
conservative treatment; orbital fractures; orbital roof; reconstruction