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Lookup NU author(s): Professor Justin DurhamORCiD, Professor Mark Greenwood, Dr Ian Corbett
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Objective: To investigate diplopia (binocular single vision [BSV] test) and ocular motility (uniocular field of fixation [UFOF] test) characteristics in blow-out fractures of the orbit and their value in fracture management.Material and methods: Patients with isolated blow-out fractures treated from 2000 to 2010 were included. BSV scores were stratified into three categories: low BSV category (0-60); moderate BSV category (61-80), and high BSV category (81-100). UFOF scores were also divided into three categories: low score (60-240), moderate score (241-270), and high score (271-365) categories.Results: A total of 183 patients (106 surgically and 77 conservatively managed) met the inclusion criteria. There was no significant improvement in BSV postoperatively in surgically managed patients with preoperatively high BSV, whereas there was significant improvement (p < 0.05) for the high BSV category in the conservative group. Preoperative BSV was found to be significantly related (p < 0.05) to postoperative BSV, subjective diplopia outcome, follow-up time, and number of follow-up visits. However, improvement of BSV score in the surgical group was not found to be significantly correlated with subjective outcome in relation to diplopia. Preoperative UFOF score has no influence on subjective outcome in relation to diplopia. Surgical timing, approach, and choice of implant material were not found to be statistically related to final diplopia outcome, follow-up time, or number of follow-up visits.Conclusions: BSV is better correlated with diplopia outcome, follow-up time, and number of follow-up visits than is UFOF. On the basis of this study, surgical intervention would not be recommended for blow-out fracture cases with BSV score >80% for correction of diplopia alone. (C) 2015 European Association for Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Author(s): Alhamdani F, Durham J, Greenwood M, Corbett I
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery
Year: 2015
Volume: 43
Issue: 7
Pages: 1010-1016
Print publication date: 01/09/2015
Online publication date: 10/06/2015
Acceptance date: 27/05/2015
ISSN (print): 1010-5182
ISSN (electronic): 1878-4119
Publisher: Elsevier
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcms.2015.05.022
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcms.2015.05.022
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