Learn indications, contraindications, equipment needed, and key tips and tricks to hit that lateral canthal tendon every time. Apply hemostat to the lateral canthus from the angle of the eye to the orbital rim and clamp shut for ~1 min. (provides relative devascularization as well as a landmark for the canthotomy)

It’s a medical surgery procedure done by an ophthalmologist surgeon who is specialised in oculoplastic, an operation for lengthening the palpebral fissure by an incision through … Lateral canthotomy, the emergency treatment for orbital compartment syndrome, is the surgical exposure of the lateral canthal tendon. Cantholysis is canthotomy plus incision of the inferior branch … Canthotomy is a procedure performed to increase the orbital space by cutting the lateral canthus. This procedure reduces the orbital pressure that results from a retrobulbar hemorrhage.

This procedure reduces the orbital pressure that results from a retrobulbar hemorrhage.