title: Endoscopic lateral orbitotomy.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Lateral orbitotomy can be minimalized using contemporary endoscopy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Anatomy of the temporal fossa/orbital wall junction is described. The attachment of the temporal fascia is cut off from the orbital rim through a 1.5 cm skin incision in the lateral orbital wrinkle. The temporal muscle is detached from the bone to create a space for the telescope. An appropriate bone opening in the lateral orbital wall is created with the aid of neuronavigation to handle intraorbital pathology.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Endoscopic lateral orbitotomy is an original alternative to the microsurgical Krönlein approach and yields good functional and cosmetic results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Medical University of Bialystok, M. Sklodowskiej-Curie 24A, 15-276, Bialystok, Poland, lyson_t@vp.pl.
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lyson
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sieskiewicz
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rogowski
authors.forename: Zenon
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Mariak
mesh_terms: D003399:Craniotomy / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D038361:Neuronavigation / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D009915:Orbit / Q000601:surgery*