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Traumatic retrobulbar hemorrhage: emergent decompression by lateral canthotomy and cantholysis
Susi Vassallo1, Morris Hartstein, David Howard
1Department of Surgery/Division of Emergency Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, Bellevue Hospital Center, New York, New York, USA.
The Journal of Emergency Medicine
|April 5, 2002
Abstract:
Traumatic retrobulbar hemorrhage may result in acute loss of vision that is reversible when recognized and treated promptly. A case of traumatic retrobulbar hemorrhage is presented. The technique of emergent orbital decompression by lateral canthotomy and cantholysis is described. The anatomy of the lateral canthus and the surgical procedure are illustrated by gross dissection.