A paralegal called not knowing what she needed. Her case involved an orbital fracture of a child dropped from a window. There is a field so small that one of its members once (decades ago) said “When I tell other doctors my specialty, I have to explain to them what it is.” That is small. The field is oculoplastic surgery. The field operates on lacrimal (tear duct) malignancies and benign conditions, performs blepharoplasties (eyelid lifts), and fixes orbital fractures.
Medical-Legal Triage: The Little Known Specialty of Oculoplastic Surgery