Transmaxillary and Transorbital Approaches to the Blowout Fracture of the Orbital Floor

Abstract

The results of the transorbital approach (17 cases) and transmaxillary approach (13 cases) to orbital blowout fractures were compared. Double vision disappeared in 11 patients by the transorbital procedure and in 9 by the transmaxillary procedure. But both procedures had little effect on enophtalmos. In the transmaxillary approach, the fracture site of the orbital floor was widely exposed and repair was easier.