title: Three wall orbital decompression for Graves' ophthalmopathy via a coronal approach.
abstract: Ten patients with dysthyroid eye disease who underwent a three wall orbital decompression procedure performed via a coronal approach were reviewed. The indications, results, complications and surgical techniques involved in this surgery are discussed. We believe that this approach offers a number of advantages over other techniques and has a role in the management of carefully selected patients with dysthyroid eye disease who have severe unilateral or bilateral proptosis, with or without dysthyroid optic neuropathy.
authors.affiliation: Manchester Royal Eye Hospital.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Leatherbarrow
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lendrum
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Mahaffey
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Noble
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kwartz
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Davies
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001763:Blepharoptosis / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006111:Graves Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D009915:Orbit / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013285:Strabismus / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology