Fisher’s story: orbital floor fracture

Abstract

Most face traumas affect young adults in the male population. Orbital fractures can have important consequences and are called blow-out, when there is a collapse of the floor or medial wall of the orbit, causing loss of ocular content. They are classified into two types: pure and impure. The diagnosis is made through a detailed physical examination associated with computed tomography. The forms of treatment, surgical or conservative, as well as the most opportune moment to approach surgically the blow-out orbital fractures, immediate or late, are controversial subjects in the literature. The objective of this work is to report an unusual case of pure blow-out orbital floor fracture with functional repercussions to the patient, treated surgically with success.