Transantral orbital decompression in the treatment of Graves' disease.
A series of twenty patients operated on for severe endocrine exophthalmos is presented. All the operations were performed by removing the orbital floor, making a total ethmoidectomy and removing part of the inferior orbital margin; in some cases, a section of the lateral orbital wall was also removed. No serious complications were detected. In all but one patient there was an immediate, marked decrease in exophthalmometry. A marked decrease of the inflammatory signs of the conjunctivae was also observed within a week following surgery.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005143:Eyelids / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006111:Graves Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008443:Maxillary Sinus / Q000601:surgery; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D009801:Oculomotor Muscles / Q000601:surgery; D009915:Orbit / Q000601:surgery*; D011312:Pressure; D013997:Time Factors