Early versus Late Orbital Decompression in Graves' Orbitopathy. A Retrospective Study in 125 Patients

Ophthalmology

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 874-878

  Baldeschi, Lelio ^a   Wakelkamp, Iris M M J ^a   Lindeboom, Robert ^a   Prummel, Marc F ^a   Wiersinga, Wilmar M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; DECOMPRESSION; DEMOGRAPHY; DIPLOPIA; ENDOCRINE OPHTHALMOPATHY; EXOPHTHALMOS; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; EYE SURGERY; EYELID RETRACTION; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIORBITAL EDEMA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING HABIT; SOFT TISSUE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ADULT; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DIPLOPIA; FEMALE; GRAVES OPHTHALMOPATHY; HUMANS; MALE; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ORBIT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646164410     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2005.10.060     Document Type: Article

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