Surgical versus non-surgical management of orbital fractures: study protocol for evidence generation of a prospective multicentre observational cohort registry.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

There remains little consensus or guidelines for the clinical management of traumatic orbital fractures (OFx). The OFx Registry aims to increase real-world clinical evidence for the treatment of OFx via prospective, multicentre, international data collection. The primary objectives of this observational cohort study are (1) to document current treatment practices for and (2) to assess the outcomes of surgical and non-surgical treatment of orbital floor and/or medial wall fractures.

Methods and analysis

Approximately 300 adult patients presenting with a displaced OFx in the orbital floor and/or medial wall will be enrolled prospectively over a recruitment period of ~36 months. All eligible patients treated either surgically or non-surgically as per routine standa

SUBMITTER: Strabbing EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12314983 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature