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Case Reports
. 2005 Jun;89(6):777-8.
doi: 10.1136/bjo.2004.055426.

"Fingertip" cryoprobe assisted orbital tumour extraction

P T Finger
Case Reports

"Fingertip" cryoprobe assisted orbital tumour extraction

P T Finger. Br J Ophthalmol. 2005 Jun.
No abstract available

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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Top, the 25.2 mm2 surface area large “Finger-tip” cryotherapy probe set to show its spatulated active surface. Bottom, computed tomography shows a well defined, 1.8 cm lobular tumour in the superonasal orbit.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Top left, the tumour (arrow) can be seen deep within the superonasal orbit. Top right, the cryoprobe is introduced such that the spatulated tip is placed flush with the tumour and not touching adjacent orbital tissues. Bottom left, the tumour is delivered from the orbit utilising the cryo-adhesion. Bottom right; the tumour is visualised outside the orbit. Note the freeze within the tissue with minimal ice formation on the shaft of the probe.
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