The floors of the orbit are the bones where each eyeball sits. They support the eye.
Injured during the match against Namibia on September 21, 2023, the captain of the French rugby team Anthony Dupont was operated on Friday September 22. A fracture of the orbital floor was mentioned but the French Rugby Federation confirmed that it was a maxillo-zygomatic fracture in a communicated.
Definition: what is the orbital floor?
THE orbital or orbital floor is a thin bone on which the eyeball rests. The orbit defines the cavity in which the eye is implanted in the cranium. The floor of the orbit can fracture during violent trauma. This is a common type of fracture in the event of a blow or fall to the face. The bones of the globe sag. The muscles and nerves around the eye may also be affected. Orbital floor fracture operations most often take place as outpatient surgery, under general anesthesia.