title: The ophthalmologist's approach to orbital surgery.
abstract: In orbital surgery the question arises whether to use the neurosurgical approach or the approaches open to the oculist. Circumscribed and targeted ophthalmological surgery demands a better knowledge of the preoperative anatomical status, CAT study. A-scan, B-scan and M-scan ultrasound studies. The stages common to and distinctive of orbital surgery are: (a) destructive, (b) repair and (c) reconstructive. The importance of orbital microsurgery is stressed, and the choice of approach is discussed.
mesh_terms: D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000379:methods; D009901:Optic Nerve Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D009915:Orbit / Q000601:surgery; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography