The science and art of surgery : being a treatise on surgical injuries, diseases, and operations . forwards or to one side. In the naso-orbitaltumor, the deformity is above the horizontal line of the upper edge ofthe superior maxilla; in the naso-pharyngeal, it is below fig. 549.—Naso-Orbital Tumor. NASO-ORBITAL TUMORS. 389 The nature of the tumor A-aries. It is usually a large or small spindle-called sarcoma, but it may be truly cancerous. Treatment.—The operation for the removal of naso-orbital tumor maybe done as follows. An incision should be made from the nasal processof the superi
The science and art of surgery : being a treatise on surgical injuries, diseases, and operations . forwards or to one side. In the naso-orbitaltumor, the deformity is above the horizontal line of the upper edge ofthe superior maxilla; in the naso-pharyngeal, it is below fig. 549.—Naso-Orbital Tumor. NASO-ORBITAL TUMORS. 389 The nature of the tumor A-aries. It is usually a large or small spindle-called sarcoma, but it may be truly cancerous. Treatment.—The operation for the removal of naso-orbital tumor maybe done as follows. An incision should be made from the nasal processof the superior maxilla directly down along the side and round the alaof the nose, so as to open the nasal cavity. The soft parts on the orbi-tal side of this cut are then dissected down into the orbit. One blade ofa cutting piece being passed into the nose, the nasal bone is cut throughdirectly- upwards along its outer border. An oblique cut upwards shouldthen be made across the upper and inner part of the superior maxilladeepl} into the orbit, the cut bones widely separated, and the noseturned completely over to the sound side of the face. The tumor at thenasal side of the orbit may now be felt, the e,ve being held to tlie outerside and protected with a retractor, without its
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