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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.
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