While the primary goal of reconstruction following orbital exenteration is lining or filling of the defect to protect the cranial contents, orbital exenteration without full rehabilitative efforts is debilitating to patients due to the resulting psychosocial disability [4,5]. Therefore, many patients strongly desire to obtain a prosthetic [2,3]. Typically, open cavity reconstruction of the orbi...

A 64-year-old man with a known history of diabetes and hypertension presented to the Accident and Emergency Department with a 2-day history of sudden decreased vision in the right eye. Temporal arteritis was suspected with an elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate (71 mm/h), and oral prednisolone was started immediately. Four days later, the patient's right eye vision deteriorated from 0.6 to ...

BACKGROUND Sphenoorbital meningiomas are surgically challenging because of their nature to extend to adjacent structures. Here, we describe a case of recurrent sphenoorbital meningioma extending into the sphenoid sinus, pterygopalatine fossa, and infratemporal fossa, which was resected using combined simultaneous transcranial and endoscopic endonasal approaches. CASE DESCRIPTION A 62-year-old...

Fig. 1. (A) Patient with posttraumatic enophthalmos and hypoglobus of the right eye. (B) Upward gaze limitation was noted on preoperative day 1. A B or a nerve sheath injury whereas direct damage to the optic nerve during dissection and insertion of implant materials is also possible. We report a case of a patient with postoperative traumatic optic neuropathy due to indirect nerve damage after ...