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Figure legends
Figure 1: CT scans of patient with bilateral traumatic optic neuropathy:
A) Black arrow showing a fracture involving right bony optic canal in
the sphenoid sinus. B) Yellow arrow showing fracture segment impinging
on intraorbital portion of the left optic nerve
Figure 2: Decompressed optic nerve (Blue arrow), lateral optic carotid
recess (yellow star), and exposed dura (black arrow)
Figure 3: Nerve sheath incision (black arrow) placed
horizontally along the inferomedial aspect of optic nerve, orbital apex
(green arrow), annulus of Zinn (blue star)