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Arch Ophthalmol. 2001;119:301-303.

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Although orbital surgeons work extensively with the bony structures of the orbit, the mechanism of bone healing has been a relatively neglected topic in the ophthalmic literature. A detailed understanding of the basic science of bone healing may pave the way for future innovations in surgical and medical management of problems of the orbital bones. One factor long thought to be important in bone healing is the hematoma overlying the fracture site.^1-2 Some authors have proposed that it acts as a mechanical and biochemical bridge for the migration of cells that will eventually form a callus.³ Others, however, have suggested that it does not play an important role in the healing of bone fractures.⁴ In this report we describe a case of a traumatic orbital subperiosteal hematoma with no obvious underlying fracture and bone formation within the hematoma. This stage in bone healing has rarely been captured histologically in a . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Corresponding author and reprints: Daniel M. Albert, MD, MS, Department of Ophthalmology, F4/334 CSC, 600 Highland Ave, Madison, WI 53792-3220 (e-mail: albert@eyesee.ophth.wisc.edu).

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