Endoscopic intranasal orbital decompression in the course of Graves’ orbitopathy

Endoscopic intranasal orbital decompression in the course of Graves’ orbitopathy

The authors present the endoscopic intranasal orbital decompression, one of the surgical techniques used for orbital decompression. It can be applied for various indications. The most common indications are: maxillo-facial trauma, orbital haemorrhage, subperiorbital abscess as the complication of sinusitis, optic neuropathy, thyroidassociated orbitopathy (Graves’ orbitopathy). The authors concl...

Endoscopic transnasal orbital decompression for thyrotoxic orbitopathy.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy of endoscopic transnasal orbital decompression alone for thyrotoxic orbitopathy. DESIGN Retrospective review of consecutive procedures. SETTING Tertiary referral otorhinolaryngology centre. PATIENTS Twenty-three eyes of 14 patients. INTERVENTION Endoscopic transnasal orbital decompression. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Proptosis reduction, intra-ocular press...

Surgical complications in orbital decompression for Graves' orbitopathy

The objective of this study is to analyse the complications of orbital decompression in Graves' orbitopathy. The clinical records of 946 patients who had been operated on with orbital decompression for Graves' orbitopathy were reviewed and the intra- and post-operative complications with minimum follow-up of six months were analysed. An extensive review of the literature was carried out to comp...

Orbital endoscopic decompression in Graves Ophthalmopathy Summary

Reasons for revision surgery after orbital decompression for Graves’ orbitopathy

OBJECTIVES An analysis of complications and causes of failure in orbital decompression necessitating a second operation. METHODS Between December 1992 and April 2007, 375 patients (719 orbits) were operated on using various techniques. Fourteen patients were initially operated on in our unit: 8 (group A1) were re-operated on after a short time due to complications connected with the decompres...