The ophthalmologist's approach to orbital surgery.
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.
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