Effect of orbital radiotherapy on the outcome of surgical orbital decompression for thyroid-associated orbitopathy (TAO): a retrospective study in 136 patients.

Leïla BoulanouarSolange GrunenwaldPhilippe ImbertJonathan KhalifaCecile DekeisterFranck BoutaultPhilippe J Caron

Published in: Endocrine (2019)

Orbital radiotherapy during the inflammatory phase enhances the outcomes after orbital decompression in TAO. After surgery we observed a greater improvement in proptosis and in diplopia for RT+ versus RT- patients.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
early stage
radiation therapy
peritoneal dialysis
minimally invasive
oxidative stress
squamous cell carcinoma