title: Postoperative CT of the Orbital Skeleton After Trauma: Review of Normal Appearances and Common Complications.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this article is to describe both the expected and unexpected imaging features of posttraumatic defects of the orbital skeleton after surgical repair.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The goal of surgery is to restore the preinjury orbital anatomy to improve function and prevent enophthalmos. Radiologists need to be cognizant of the more frequently encountered operative procedures used for orbital fracture repair, the desired goals of treatment, and common complications. This will permit accurate interpretation of postoperative CT and provide surgeons with clinically useful results.
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Radiology, Stony Brook University Medical Center, HSC Level 4, Rm 120, East Loop Rd, Stony Brook, NY 11794.
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Reiter
authors.affiliation: 2 Department of Radiology, Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, TX.|3 Department of Radiology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD.
authors.forename: Ryan B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Schwope
authors.affiliation: 4 Department of Otolaryngology, Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, TX.
authors.forename: Jared M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Theler
mesh_terms: D005592:Fracture Fixation; D006801:Humans; D009917:Orbital Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: orbital fracture; postsurgical orbit; zygomaticomaxillary complex fracture