"Orbital epidermoid cysts can be congenital, acquired (e.g. post-surgery, trauma), or lacrimal gland duct obstruction 3. They can be associated with a bone defect and when involving the skull base intracranial extension is possible 1."
Line 5:63·Only use medical adjectival hyphens where the letters at the end and start of the compound word are the same, e.g. post-transplant. In this case, don't use the hyphen: 'post-surgery,'.