Endoscopic Surgery for Intraorbital Abscess: A Report of One Case / 대한이비인후과학회지

ABSTRACT

Intraorbital abscess is one of the serious complications of the paranasal sinusitis and an inadequate treatment for this condition may result in irreversible damages of the optic nerve and retina. Conventionally, surgical treatment of intraorbital abscess has been performed by external ethmoidectomy approach. More recenty, the endoscopic drainage technique has been reported. The authors experienced a case of intraorbital abscess in a 16 year-old male patient for whom we applied the endoscopic drainage technique under the general anesthesia. After the partial removal of the lamina papyracea, we incised the periorbita and then induced drainage of intraorbital abscess by applying external pressure to the eye ball. The surgery was satisfactory and there was no evidence of complications.