Orbital decompression in Graves' orbitopathy: Efficacy and safety

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 586-591

  Goh, M S Y ^a   McNab, Alan ^b,c  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL VICTORIAN EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Complications; Graves' orbitopathy; Optic neuropathy; Orbital decompression; Thyroid eye disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DIPLOPIA; ENDOCRINE OPHTHALMOPATHY; EXOPHTHALMOS; EYE; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; KERATOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; STRABISMUS SURGERY; SURGEON; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAVES OPHTHALMOPATHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ORBIT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27644580451     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2005.00933.x     Document Type: Article

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