Deep lateral orbital decompression for Graves orbitopathy: a systematic review.

PURPOSE: To systematically review the literature on the deep lateral orbital decompression (DLD). METHODS: The authors searched the MEDLINE, Lilac, Scopus, and EMBASE databases for all articles in English, Spanish, and French that used as keywords the terms orbital decompression and lateral wall. Two articles in German were also included. Data retrieved included the number of patients and orbits operated, types of the approach employed, exophthalmometric and horizontal eye position changes, and complications. The 95% confidence intervals (CI) of the mean Hertel changes induced by the surgery were calculated from series with 15 or more data. RESULTS: Of the 204 publications initially retrieved, 131 were included. Detailed surgical techniques were analyzed from 59 articles representing 4559 procedures of 2705 patients. In 45.8% of the reports, the orbits were decompressed ab-interno. Ab-externo and rim-off techniques were used in 25.4% and 28.8% of the orbits, respectively. Mean and 95% CI intervals of Hertel changes, pooled from 15 articles, indicate that the effect of the surgery is not related to the technique and ranges from 2.5 to 4.5 mm. The rate of new onset of diplopia varied from zero to 8.6%. Several complications have been reported including dry eye, oscillopsia, temporal howling, lateral rectus damage, and bleeding. Unilateral amaurosis and subdural hematoma have been described in only one patients each. CONCLUSIONS: The low rate of new-onset diplopia is the main benefit of DLD. Prospective studies are needed to compare the rate of complications induced by the 3 main surgical techniques used.

Intraconal gauze mass: An unusual complication of orbital fracture repair - a case report.

Gossypiboma and textiloma are terms used to describe tumor-like masses caused by retained gauze or surgical sponges after any operation. It is a rare surgical complication, usually difficult to diagnose due to its variable clinical presentation and nonstandard radiological appearance. We describe here a rare case of orbital gossypiboma in a child after surgical correction of an orbital blowout fracture.

Estudo das anastomoses entre os territórios de irrigação das artérias mesentéricas cranial e caudal (arcada paracólica) após ligadura das artérias mesentérica caudal e retais médias e inferiores combinada com colostomia perineal no cão / Study of the anastomoses between the territories of irrigation of the cranial and caudal mesenteric arteries (paracholic arch) after ligation of the caudal mesenteric arteries and the middle and lower rectal combined with perineal colostomy in the dog

Objetivo: investigar experimentalmente o suprimento arterial do colo descendente e reto, após ligadura da artéria mesentérica caudal, pela análise da viabilidade da arcada paracólica suprida pela persistência da irrigação do colo descendente. Métodos: foram estudados 30 animais separados em três grupos para observação pós-operatória de 24, 48 e 72 horas. Realizaram-se laparotomia, ligadura da artéria mesentérica caudal e dos vasos retais médios, ligadura do pedículo vascular retal inferior, amputação do reto e posterior colostomia perineal. Foi realizada relaparotomia após o período de observação, com identificação da mesma região. Os cães foram, então, mortos, sendo retirados três pequenos segmentos: um a 10 cm e dois a 10 cm acima e abaixo do linfonodo mesentérico caudal, respectivamente. Resultados: no grupo de animais observados com 72 horas de pós-operatório, abaixo do linfonodo, houve viabilidade estatisticamente significativa, tendo ocorrido necrose estatisticamente significativa nos grupos de 24 e 48 horas. Conclusão: a viabilidade do cólon e do reto cranial depende de anastomose entre os territórios da mesentérica cranial e caudal, mas essa comunicação não está presente em todos os animais.

Objective: experimentally investigate the arterial supply of the descending colon and rectum after ligation of the caudal mesenteric artery, by examining the viability of the paracolic arcade supplied by the persistent irrigation of the descending colon. Methods: 30 animals separated into three groups for 24, 48 and 72 hours posoperatory observation were under study. Laparotomy, ligation of the caudal mesenteric artery and middle rectal vessels, ligation of the inferior rectal vascular pedicle, amputation of lhe rectum and posterior perineal colostomy were performed. Then the dogs were killed, and three small segments were removed: one at 10 cm and two others at 10 cm above and below the caudal mesenteric lymph nodes, respectively. Results: in the group of animals observed with 72 hours posoperatory, there was statistically significant viability below the limph node,with statistically significant necrosis in the 24 and 48 hour groups. Conclusions: the viability of colon and rectal cranial depends on the anastomosis between the territories of the cranial and caudal mesentric, but this communication is not found in all the animals.