Combined approach to orbital decompression.
Upon occasion, surgical orbital decompression is indicated to treat thyroid ophthalmopathy. Of the various approaches described, we feel a combined ophthalmic-otolaryngologic technique is the safest and most effective means of decompressing the orbit.
Kulwin
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DR
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Ohio.
Cotton
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RT
Kersten
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RC
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