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Emergency Orbital Decompression: A Reprieve from Blindness

1981; Wiley; Volume: 89; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1177/019459988108900220

1097-6817

Anthony S. Krausen, Joseph H. Ogura, Ronald M. Burde, David Ostrow,

Meningioma and schwannoma management

Orbital decompression to treat progressive loss of vision owing to long‐term hormonal disease is a well‐documented curative procedure. Over the past four years, two patients suffering from acute visual problems, owing to trauma and infection, have rapidly deteriorated to a no light perception visual level. In these two instances, vision was restored by timely orbital decompression.