Journal of Craniofacial Surgery. 20(1):71-72, JANUARY 2009
DOI: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e318190dee0
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PMID: 19164993
Issn Print: 1049-2275
Publication Date: January 2009
Resorbable Mesh Plate in the Treatment of Blow-out Fracture Might Cause Gaze Restriction
Safak Uygur;Onur Cukurluoglu;Selahattin Ozmen;Tuba Guclu;Billur Sezgin;
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From the Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery and Hand Surgery, Ankara, Turkey.
Abstract
Selection of the material for the reconstruction of orbital floor defects is controversial. There are both autogenous and alloplastic materials, each having its own benefits and disadvantages. Resorbable mesh plate is one of the alloplastic implants. Although it has many advantages, the considerable complication related to the mesh is local inflammatory reaction along the infraorbital rim.We present a patient treated using resorbable mesh plate for the orbital floor fracture, in whom gaze restriction in the eye movements was detected because of some fibrotic bands passing through holes of the resorbable mesh.
