Expert Consensus on Navigation-guided Unilateral Orbital Fracture and Orbital Floor Reconstruction Techniques

Chin J Dent Res. 2020;23(1):51-55. doi: 10.3290/j.cjdr.a44336.

Abstract

Orbital fracture and orbital floor reconstruction surgery is characterised by limited surgical exposure and high risks. Before the advent of digital technology, the design and implementation of the surgical scheme for orbital floor reconstruction surgery mainly depended on the intuitive understanding of imaging and the clinical experience of surgeons, with strong unpredictability and experience dependence. Surgical navigation systems with real-time positioning and imaging functions, when used in orbital reconstruction surgery, can detect the real-time intraoperative position, avoid risks, and assist in locating the reconstruction position to ensure the accuracy of orbital reconstruction, with the help of a preoperative surgical plan. Many studies have confirmed its effect. Unilateral orbital fracture and orbital floor reconstruction surgery is one of the earliest and most widely used surgical techniques in maxillofacial surgery. Experts from the Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Chinese Stomatological Association have fully discussed and formulated this expert consensus on navigation-guided unilateral orbital fracture and orbital floor reconstruction techniques to standardise the clinical surgical procedures and promote its application.

Keywords: navigation technique; orbit fractures; unilateral.

MeSH terms

  • Consensus
  • Humans
  • Orbit
  • Orbital Fractures*
  • Plastic Surgery Procedures*
  • Surgery, Computer-Assisted*