J Korean Ophthalmol Soc.  2002 Sep;43(9):1718-1723.

Strabismus Surgery for Thyroid Ophthalmopathy

• Oh HS
• Chang YH
• Lee JB

Abstract

PURPOSE: To investigate the result of strabismus surgery for thyroid ophthalmopathy.
METHODS
This retrospective study included 13 patients with strabismus due to thyroid ophthalmopathy.These patients underwent strabismus surgery with intraoperative adjustable suture technique under topical anesthesia in the period between January 1997 and December 2000. Mean postoperative follow-up examination period was 13.2+/-9.9 months.
RESULTS
Eleven of thirteen patients (84.6%) had heterotropia less than 8 prism diopter at last postoperative follow up examination.
CONCLUSIONS
With relatively short period of preoperative examination, we achieved satisfactory surgical outcome for the treatment of strabismus due to thyroid ophthalmopathy.

Keyword

Intraoperative adjustable suture; Strabismus surgery; Thyroid ophthalmopathy

MeSH Terms

Anesthesia
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Retrospective Studies
Strabismus*
Suture Techniques
Thyroid Gland*