Decrease in intraocular pressure after orbital decompression for thyroid orbitopathy

Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 314-319

  Dev, Sundeep ^a   Damji, Karim F ^b   DeBacker, Christopher M ^a   Cox, Terry A ^a   Dutton, Jonathan J ^a   Allingham, R Rand ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA EYE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Episcleral venous pressure; Intraocular pressure; Orbital decompression; Thyroid eye disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; ORBIT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032293402     PISSN: 00084182     EISSN: 17153360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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