Strain gauge biomechanical evaluation of forces in orbital floor fractures

• Published in: British journal of plastic surgery Vol. 56; no. 1; pp. 3 - 9
• Main Authors: Ahmad, F., Kirkpatrick, W.N.A., Lyne, J., Urdang, M., Garey, L.J., Waterhouse, N.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 2003; Elsevier
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Biological and medical sciences; Biomechanical Phenomena; Cadaver; Female; floor; force; fractures; gauge; Humans; Injuries of the orbit. Foreign bodies of the eye. Diseases due to physical agents; Male; Medical sciences; Orbit - injuries; Orbit - physiology; orbital; Orbital Fractures - etiology; Orbital Fractures - physiopathology; Pressure; strain; Stress, Mechanical; Traumas. Diseases due to physical agents; strain; gauge; force; floor; fractures; orbital; Biomechanics; Human; Floor of the orbit; Evaluation; Treatment; Stomatology; Surgery; Diseases of the osteoarticular system; Fracture; Trauma

Since the first description of orbital blow-out fractures, there has been much confusion as to their aetiology. Two principal mechanisms have been proposed to explain these fractures, the buckling and hydraulic mechanisms, caused by trauma to the orbital rim and the globe of the eye, respectively. P...