title: Transantral orbital decompression for Graves' disease.
abstract: Seventy-five patients with Graves' disease have been treated by transantral orbital decompression. In the first post-operative month the average reduction in proptosis was 3 mm. In the years following the operation this reduction increased to an average of 4.5 mm. In 32% of the patients without diplopia before surgery, the diplopia that developed afterwards did not disappear, 83% of them were successfully treated by extraocular muscle surgery. Seventy per cent of the patients experienced immediate post-operative improvement of visual acuity. Only three patients remained with anaesthesia of the infra-orbital nerve. A total of 65% of the patients found the operation procedure beneficial while 76% were satisfied with the ophthalmological result. We conclude, that transantral orbital decompression, though with moderate morbidity, gives good results in patients with the orbital complications of Graves' disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, University Hospital Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tjon
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sang
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Knegt
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wijngaarde
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Poublon
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: van der Schans
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Krenning
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006111:Graves Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008443:Maxillary Sinus / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009915:Orbit / Q000601:surgery*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome