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Orbital Fx. w/ paresthesia
by sbeck, Jan 22, 2008 05:08PM
After a blunt force trauma,I have had a CT scan which shows an inferior orbital fracture, with some apparent leakage of periorbital fluid into the maxillary sinus, about a pea size amount. I also have paresthesia over the infraorbital nerve distribution. i do not have any vision loss, or motor loss on the face or with the eyeball. I also do not seem to have any enopthalmos.
Question: What are the odds I will need to have the fracture surgiclly repaired, and if so what specialist would do such a surgery? ENT? Opthamologist? Is the decision whether or not to have surgery time sensitive, or would it be prudent to wait and see? I have had some small imprvement in the sensory loss on the side of the nose, but the lip and cheek are still numb.
Shawn
Question: What are the odds I will need to have the fracture surgiclly repaired, and if so what specialist would do such a surgery? ENT? Opthamologist? Is the decision whether or not to have surgery time sensitive, or would it be prudent to wait and see? I have had some small imprvement in the sensory loss on the side of the nose, but the lip and cheek are still numb.
Shawn
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