Repair of traumatic orbital wall defects with nasal septal cartilage: report of five cases.

PURPOSE: This article reports the use of nasal septal cartilage for the repair of traumatic orbital wall defects.

PATIENTS AND

METHODS

Five patients with disruption of the orbital wall after facial trauma were included in this retrospective review. All of the patients underwent open reduction with internal fixation of the fractures as well as repair of the orbital wall defect with autogenous septal cartilage.

RESULTS

Nasal septal cartilage was used in four cases of orbital floor defect and one case of orbital roof defect. All of the cases were successfully treated by restoration of the orbital wall continuity.

CONCLUSION

Nasal septal cartilage is a readily accessible autogenous material that can be easily harvested with minimal donor site morbidity, and it should be considered when an autogenous orbital implant is needed for the repair of a traumatic orbital wall defect.