The Changes in Optic Nerve after Orbital Decompression Surgery for Thyroid Eye Disease and Case Reports of Ischemic Optic Neuropathy

Figure 1

The changes in the thickness of the retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) of patients with thyroid eye disease (TED) and healthy controls. There is no significant difference in RNFL thickness between the four groups at baseline. Surgical TED patients have a significant RNFL loss after the orbital decompression surgery, while the control subjects and nonsurgical TED patients do not have RNFL changes between two examinations of the optical coherence tomography.