Had Surgery 9/10/12 for Orbital Floor Fracture. Still Have Swelling and Sunken?

Still have swelling under right eye but I'm starting to detect that my right eye seems a little sunken in. What should I do about this???

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Enophthalmos

The sunken in appearance is a complication of your fracture, sometimes aggravated by the surgical repair. Reevaluation for further surgery should usually be delayed until the current trauma has healed. See a good Oculoplastic specialist. Be aware that further surgery in this area can also lead to double vision, so have a strabismus/pediatric ophthalmologist evaluate you preoperatively as well. Good luck!

Orbital floor fracture

Speak with the surgeon who performed the surgery to ensure that you are healing as expected. If anything needs to be changed they can help you.

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Bobbymc102 7 Oct 2012

Thank you. Swelling went down but my eye is still sunken in. People are telling me it's not really noticeable but I don't believe them of course and it's freaking me out. Not sure if it's severe enough for a second orbital surgery to correct this or if even I would want to go through another surgery again. Are secondary orbital surgeries common? I don't know what to do here. I would like to post a picture but can not seem to upload a one on here. What kind of surgeon is best or this type of surgery?

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Had Surgery 9/10/12 for Orbital Floor Fracture. Still Have Swelling and Sunken?

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