Utilization of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in oculoplastic surgery: A case series.

Objective: Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) has emerged as a versatile tool in the management of an array of medical conditions, including tissue ischemia and delayed wound healing. Despite the incorporation of HBOT in other medical fields, HBOT is not routinely utilized in the field of ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive periorbital surgery.

Design: Case series.

Orbital Inflammatory Disease as a Presenting Symptom of Generalized Lipodystrophy in a Young Female.

The authors report the first case of generalized lipodystrophy with orbital inflammatory symptoms. A 6-year-old female with hypothyroidism who developed hepatosplenomegaly, lymphadenopathy, and progressive loss of subcutaneous fat. Following flu vaccination, she developed orbital inflammatory symptoms.

Digital Versus Paper-Based Consent from the UK NHS Perspective: A Micro-costing Analysis.

Background: The paper-based consent pathway can be associated with missing information, error, and inadequate patient comprehension. Digital consent addresses some of these limitations. However, limited research has been conducted to understand relative costs and consequences associated with adopting digital consent pathways.

Customized Jones tube insertion in the management of a recurrent, deep orbital epidermoid cyst.

A 68-year-old man with a history of remote sinus surgery presented with several months of progressive diplopia, proptosis, and epiphora. He was found to have a large, cystic mass in the lateral extraconal space of the right orbit, which was removed. Pathology demonstrated an epidermoid cyst with recurrence at post-operative month 3.