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Geriatric patients are predisposed to strabismus following thyroid-related orbital decompression surgery: A multivariate analysis.
Orbit (Amsterdam, Netherlands) - 1 Apr 2017
Wu Chris Y, Kahana Alon
Abstract excerpt
Geriatric patients (age ≥ 65) are prone to complications after surgery and are at risk for severe thyroid eye disease (TED). In this study, we aim to identify preoperative demographic and TED patterns associated with geriatric patients who underwent decompression surgery, to examine the effect of age on postoperative strabismus rates, and to identify factors that may contribute to postoperative strabismus in the...
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