Clinical Study
Results after En Bloc Lateral Wall Decompression Surgery with Orbital Fat Resection in 111 Patients with Graves’ Orbitopathy
Table 3
Complications after lateral wall decompression surgery in 164 orbits.
| Complication | Number of patients/orbits | Treatment |
| Local hyperesthesia | 5 patients, 6 orbits | Revision in 1 patient (1 orbit)) → resolved | Wound infection | 1 patient, 1 orbit | Revision | Oscillopsia | 1 patient, 1 orbit | No intervention required | Sicca | 1 patient, 1 orbit | Lubricants | Visible/subjectively bothersome scar formation | 4 patients, 6 orbits | Revision in 1 patient (1 orbit) | Temporal hollowing | 1 patient, 2 orbits | No intervention | Early postoperative orbital bleeding | 1 patient, 1 orbit | Immediate revision/hemostasis |
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