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Optic nerve decompression—a new dimension of trans-ethmoidal surgery

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This presentation illustrates a newer dimension of the external ethmoidectomy operation—a textbook operation for the Otolaryngologist. The simplicity of the operation, ease of diagnosis without sophisticated investigation and the occasionalgratifying results should make this operation a part of the repertoire of every ENT surgeon.

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  1. Department of Otolaryngology, Seth G. S. Medical College and KEM Hospital, 400 012, Parel, Bombay

    Probodh Karnik (Lecturer)

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Read at 37th Annual Conference of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India, at Delhi as the Dr. R. A. F. Cooper Award Paper.

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Karnik, P. Optic nerve decompression—a new dimension of trans-ethmoidal surgery. Indian J Otolaryngol 38, 48–51 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03020138

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