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Assistant Professor in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Depart- Conflict of Interest Disclosures: None of the authors have any
ment of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Director of relevant financial relationship(s) with a commercial interest.
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Outpatient Clinic, Grady Memorial Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr Dina Amin:
Hospital, Atlanta, GA. Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine,
yResident-in-training, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Depart- Atlanta, GA.; e-mail: dina.amin@emory.edu
ment of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA. Received June 1, 2021
zMedical Student Researcher, Department of Surgery, Emory Accepted July 29, 2021.
University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA. © 2021 Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of The American Association of Oral
xProfessor in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Department of Sur- and Maxillofacial Surgeons.
gery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA. 0278-2391
║Associate Professor in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Pedi- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joms.2021.07.030
atrics, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medi-
cine, Chief of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Children’s Healthcare
of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA.
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122 RACIAL DIFFERENCES IN ORBITAL VOLUME
The reconstruction of orbital anatomy represents a congenital craniofacial anomaly, and the presence of
challenging area in maxillofacial trauma.1,2 Recon- orbital pathology
struction of orbital symmetry requires a precise mea-
surement of orbital volume (OV). Incorrect OV can STUDY VARIABLES
cause ocular dystopia,3-6 enophthalmos,7-9 and/or The primary predictor variable was race (AA vs
diplopia.6 Caucasian). The primary outcome variable was OV.
Before recent technological advancements,3 sur- All subjects received a CT scan per protocol (0.5mm
geons did not calculate OV as a part of surgical plan- slice increment, 100 to 120kV, 80 to 440 mA, 200 to
ning.10 Traditionally, a patient would undergo repair 220 FOV, 0.656 pitch, and a 512 £ 512 image
of orbital fracture when preoperative clinical exami- matrix).
nation showed enophthalmos/exophthalmos,11,12
hypoglobus,13 muscle entrapment,13 occulocardiac SAMPLE SIZE
reflex,13,14 persistent diplopia,11 and/or radiographic The sample size calculations were computed on
evidence of 50% or more orbital floor fracture on a the basis of a mean difference in OV of 2 cm3
computed tomography (CT) scan.10,15,16 which is generally considered to be clinically sig-
However, neither clinical exam nor CT imaging nificant when comparing pre-traumatic and postop-
provides OV (preoperative or postoperative) data.17 erative orbital volumes. To achieve a study power
Preoperative imaging,1,6 new materials,18,19 of 90%, the study sample size was 60 patients (30
patient-specific implants,17 and computer-assisted Caucasians and 30 AA) consisting of 120 orbits.
surgical planning have improved surgical (Table 1).
outcomes.1,6,17 Historical values of OV have been
extrapolated from Caucasian subjects.20,21 However, CALCULATION OF ORBITAL VOLUME
previous studies demonstrated that OV differ among
Several methods previously calculated OV in-situ
multiple racial groups: Caucasians,20,22 Chinese,23
(eg dried skulls using water,23,27,29-31 sand,27,30,32,33
Korean,24 Japanese,25 Hong Kong Chinese,26 Turk-
glass beads,34 alginate impressions9) or from imaging
ish,27 and Taiwanese.28 The OV of African Americans
(eg point-counting method on CT,27 direct calculation
(AA) is not known.
on CT3,20,22,28,35 or on magnetic resonance imag-
Knowledge of the mean OV in AA would assist pre-
ing26). The gold standard in volumetric analysis is the
operative surgical planning of orbital fracture in the
Water Displacement Method.23,27,29-31 It is based on
AA population resulting in more accurate and race
the Archimedean principle of fluid displacement,36
specific orbital reconstruction. This is particularly
which states that an object displaces its own volume
important when bilateral orbital reconstruction is
when immersed in water.36 Earlier investigations
required as there is no existing patient specific OV
examined various CT analysis software programs in
that can be calculated from an intact orbit. The failure
calculating OV (ie Mimic, 20 Analyze,30 Eclipse Treat-
to use race specific norms may result in under or over
ment Planning System,35 Extended Brilliance Work-
correction of OV. This may then result in enophthal-
space3). In the current study, we used OsiriX MD to
mos, exophthalmos, and diplopia.
calculate OV because it is comparable to the Water
The purpose of this study was to calculate OV in
Displacement Method and its reliability and efficacy
AA subjects. Specific aims were to compare OV
were previously verified.37 We measured OV on a
between AA and Caucasian subjects, as well as dif-
bony window via multiple contiguous coronal views.
ference between genders for both AA, and Cauca-
Orbital landmarks were chosen on the basis of previ-
sian subjects.
ous validated studies.25,28,38,39 Boundaries were: 1)
anterior: posterior lacrimal crest,39 2) posterior: optic
The authors implement a retrospective observa- The mean OV for SD The mean D Power Sample
tional study of successive subjects presenting to Caucasians (cm3) (cm3) OV for AA (cm3) % size
Grady Memorial Hospital who required a maxillofa-
cial CT scan between 2017 and 2020. Institutional 26.9 2.3 1.0 80 166
Review Board Approval was granted. The inclusion 26.9 2.3 2.0 80 42
criteria were age over 18 years, a maxillofacial CT 26.9 2.3 1.0 90 222
scan, intact orbital anatomy, and a complete medical 26.9 2.3 2.0 90 56
record. Exclusion criteria included prior orbital Amin et al. Do Racial Differences in Orbital Volume Influence. J
injury or surgery, midface or orbital trauma, Oral Maxillofac Surg 2022.
AMIN ET AL. 123
canal,28,39 3) lateral: lateral orbital wall,25,28,38,39 and with a 2-way mixed-effects model, intraclass correla-
4) medial: medial orbital wall25,28,38,39 (Figs. 1, 2). tion coefficients, 95% confidence intervals (CI), and P
values. Descriptive statistics summarized demo-
CALIBRATION graphics of the sample.
Two independent observers completed calibration The differences between nominal (gender, lateral-
on 5 subjects/CT scans who were not included in the ity) and continuous (age) outcome variables were
study. computed using the x2 and independent t test,
respectively. Statistical significance was P < .05.
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
Results
Data analysis was performed with IBM SPSS Statis-
tics for Windows, version 26 (IBM Corp. Armonk, Sixty subjects (30 AAs and 30 Caucasians; 120
New York). Inter-observer reliability was calculated orbits) with a mean age of 36.7 years (range, 22 to 78)
FIGURE 1. A-C, Boundaries of orbit. Axial A, sagittal B, and coronal C, views, (A, anterior; L, lateral; M, medial; P, posterior; I, inferior; S, superior).
Amin et al. Do Racial Differences in Orbital Volume Influence. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2022.
124 RACIAL DIFFERENCES IN ORBITAL VOLUME
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