Table 1 Clinical outcomes of orbital wall fracture repair using a 3D-printed patient specific implant.

From: Efficacy of 3D-printed patient specific implant for orbital wall fracture repair in a series of 40 patients

N = 40

Preoperative

Postoperative 1 week

Postoperative 3 months

Postoperative 6 months

Enophthalmos ≥ 2 mm (N, %)

14 (35)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Enophthalmos (mm ± SD)

1.5 ± 1.0

0.2 ± 0.5

0.3 ± 0.6

0.4 ± 0.6

EOM limitation (N, %)a

15 (38)

1 (3)

1 (3)

0 (0)

Supraduction

14 (35)

1 (3)

1 (3)

0 (0)

Infraduction

1 (3)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Abduction

4 (10)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Adduction

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Central (≤ 30°) diplopia (N, %)

10 (25)

1 (3)

1 (3)

0 (0)

≤ 10°

3 (8)

0 (0)

1 (3)

0 (0)

10–30°

7 (18)

1 (3)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Infraorbital hypesthesia (N, %)

12 (30)

8 (20)

4 (10)

1 (3)

  1. EOM, extraocular muscle movement; SD, standard deviation.
  2. aWhen grading on a numerical scale from 0 to -4, the majority were graded as -1, while three patients had a preoperative supraduction limitation graded as -2.