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Penetrating Orbital Trauma by Large Foreign Body: Case Series Study with Treatment Guidelines and Literature Review

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Abstract

Purpose

The present study aims to describe a case study of large penetrating orbital trauma and treatment guidelines associated with a review of English-language literature of large foreign bodies impacting the orbit from 1997 to 2020.

Patients and Methods

Five patients suffered large penetrating orbital trauma and required emergency surgical procedures.

Results

Together with this present study, a total of 33 cases were selected. The present work has data similar to the literature, and emergency surgical treatment was required in the majority of the cases.

Conclusion

Penetrating orbital trauma by large objects is a challenge. The initial assessment and treatment are fundamental to determine the case severity. The large foreign body should be surgically removed by a trained and experienced team in an advanced hospital unit as soon as possible to minimize visual, functional and aesthetic sequelae.

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  1. Residency Program of the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hospital João XXIII/FHEMIG, Av. Alfredo Balena, 400, Santa Efigênia, Belo Horizonte, MG, CEP: 30130-100, Brazil

    Marcio Bruno Figueiredo Amaral, Samuel Macedo Costa, Vasco Oliveira de Araújo & Roger Lanes Silveira

  2. Ophtalmologic Service, Hospital João XXIII/FHEMIG, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

    Flavio Medeiros

  3. Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery Service, Santa Casa, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

    Roger Lanes Silveira

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Amaral, M.B.F., Costa, S.M., de Araújo, V.O. et al. Penetrating Orbital Trauma by Large Foreign Body: Case Series Study with Treatment Guidelines and Literature Review. J. Maxillofac. Oral Surg. 22, 39–45 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12663-020-01392-1

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