Assessment of the damages by orbital blow-out fractures.

Recent developments of medical imaging such as CT scanning with three dimensional reconstruction (3D-CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), have had a profound impact on the diagnosis of maxillo-facial trauma, including orbital blow-out fractures. The authors discuss the pathology of orbital blow-out fractures, the current views concerning the etiopathogenesis and nowadays clinical and technical investigations. Some important aspects of the assessment of the physical damages according to the Belgian law are discussed.