Endoscopic orbital decompression for thyroid eye disease
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Orbital Decompression in Thyroid Eye Disease
Though enlargement of the bony orbit by orbital decompression surgery has been known for about a century, surgical techniques vary all around the world mostly depending on the patient's clinical presentation but also on the institutional habits or the surgeon's skills. Ideally every surgical intervention should be tailored to the patient's specific needs. Therefore the aim of this paper is to r...
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عنوان ژورنال: Eye
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0950-222X,1476-5454
DOI: 10.1038/eye.1998.255