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- Gord McInnes and Daniel W Howes.
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
- Can J Emerg Med. 2002 Jan 1; 4 (1): 49-52.
AbstractLateral canthotomy and cantholysis is a simple procedure that can be performed by emergency physicians. It has the potential to save vision, particularly in cases of blunt ocular trauma. The case of a 37-year-old man with blunt ocular trauma, a retrobulbar hemorrhage and rapidly increasing orbital pressure requiring an urgent lateral canthotomy and cantholysis is presented. Pathophysiology, indications, contraindications, procedure and follow-up care are described.
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