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Seventy-five patients with Graves' disease have been treated by transantral orbital decompression. In the first post-operative month the average reduction in proptosis was 3 mm. In the years following the operation this reduction increased to an average of 4.5 mm. In 32% of the patients without diplopia before surgery, the diplopia that developed afterwards did not disappear, 83% of them were successfully treated by extraocular muscle surgery. Seventy per cent of the patients experienced immediate post-operative improvement of visual acuity. Only three patients remained with anaesthesia of the infra-orbital nerve. A total of 65% of the patients found the operation procedure beneficial while 76% were satisfied with the ophthalmological result. We conclude, that transantral orbital decompression, though with moderate morbidity, gives good results in patients with the orbital complications of Graves' disease.
F Tjon, and
M Sang, and
P Knegt, and
R Wijngaarde, and
R Poublon, and
E van der Schans, and
E Krenning
September 1985,
The Journal of laryngology and otology,
F Tjon, and
M Sang, and
P Knegt, and
R Wijngaarde, and
R Poublon, and
E van der Schans, and
E Krenning
June 1993,
Mayo Clinic proceedings,
F Tjon, and
M Sang, and
P Knegt, and
R Wijngaarde, and
R Poublon, and
E van der Schans, and
E Krenning
May 1994,
Ophthalmology,
F Tjon, and
M Sang, and
P Knegt, and
R Wijngaarde, and
R Poublon, and
E van der Schans, and
E Krenning
January 1974,
Transactions of the Ophthalmological Society of New Zealand,
F Tjon, and
M Sang, and
P Knegt, and
R Wijngaarde, and
R Poublon, and
E van der Schans, and
E Krenning
September 1988,
The British journal of ophthalmology,
F Tjon, and
M Sang, and
P Knegt, and
R Wijngaarde, and
R Poublon, and
E van der Schans, and
E Krenning
September 1994,
Mayo Clinic proceedings,
F Tjon, and
M Sang, and
P Knegt, and
R Wijngaarde, and
R Poublon, and
E van der Schans, and
E Krenning
January 1957,
Transactions of the American Laryngological, Rhinological and Otological Society, Inc,
F Tjon, and
M Sang, and
P Knegt, and
R Wijngaarde, and
R Poublon, and
E van der Schans, and
E Krenning
June 1957,
The Laryngoscope,
F Tjon, and
M Sang, and
P Knegt, and
R Wijngaarde, and
R Poublon, and
E van der Schans, and
E Krenning
November 1993,
American journal of ophthalmology,
F Tjon, and
M Sang, and
P Knegt, and
R Wijngaarde, and
R Poublon, and
E van der Schans, and
E Krenning
January 1975,
Transactions of the Pacific Coast Oto-Ophthalmological Society annual meeting,
