Blowout fracture の治療経験

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We experienced ten cases of blowout fracture in the period of twenty-two months, from December 1983 to September 1985, at St. Mary's Hospital. Seven cases were pure type blowout fracture, and others were impure type.
In all cases surgical treatments were performed within two weeks after the trauma, and in eight of them we inserted silicone implants.
Six cases showed complete disappearance of diplopia, and four cases showed remarkable improvement of eye movement and diplopia.
We consider that after careful clinical and radiological assessment of blowout fracture, surgical treatment should be done as early as possible after injury.