Evaluation of medical and surgical decompression in patients with dysthyroid optic neuropathy.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To evaluate the effectiveness of steroid-pulse therapy and three-wall orbital decompression in patients with dysthyroid optic neuropathy (DON).

Methods

Twenty-five patients (46 eyes) with a diagnosis of DON between 2008 and 2015 were included in the study. The first group (7 patients, 16 eyes) consisted of patients with a steroid-pulse treatment only and the second group (18 patients, 30 eyes) included patients with medical and surgical decompression.

Results

Twenty patients were female; five patients were male. After the diagnosis of DON, all patients were treated with steroid-pulse treatment (intravenous 500 mg prednisolon twice/week for 4 weeks, 250 mg twice/week for 2 weeks) as a first-line treatment (medical decompression). In 30 eyes (18 patients) out of

SUBMITTER: Garip Kuebler A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7608314 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature