Accessing the orbital roof via an eyelid incision: The transpalpebral approach

This article outlines a new surgical technique for accessing the orbital ro of. the transpalpebral approach. It involves making an incision on the doub le fold of the upper eyelid, then dissecting the orbital septum and the orb icular muscle of the eye. This exposes the orbital roof and enables the sur geon to approach without a coronal incision of the scalp: the direct eyelid incision provides adequate workspace. We use this approach in three orbita l roof fractures and one orbital hemangioma. This orbital approach offers a simpler surgical technique, a less invasive one, and still provides excell ent exposure of the superior orbital cavity.