Orbital compartment syndrome following bicoronal flap and craniotomy for a basifrontal meningioma

To the Editor: We wish to report a rare case of orbital compartment syndrome(OCS) occurring in the context of right craniotomy for meningioma excision. A 64-year-old male patient was diagnosed with a large olfactory groove meningioma. He underwent a bicoronal flap and craniotomy with predominant exposure of the right frontal region. Amyocutaneous flap was raised, turned on itself and padded under-neath to prevent cutting off the blood supply to the flap. The eye-lids were taped and padded as well to prevent pressure on the eye...