Schaefer S D, Merritt J H, Close L G
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235.
Laryngoscope. 1988 Jul;98(7):712-6. doi: 10.1288/00005537-198807000-00004.
To improve our management of optic neuropathy from thyroid eye disease, we have refined the external ethmoidectomy approach, which permits the removal of the medial orbital wall and adjacent floor. We now report our experience with six patients (11 eyes) selected for this surgical technique. These patients are part of a larger population of patients with thyroid eye disease who have been surgically managed by us over the last 6 years.