Deep Lateral Wall Partial Rim-Sparing Orbital Decompression with Ultrasonic Bone Removal for Treatment of Thyroid-Related Orbitopathy

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(a) Patient before surgery and (b) following decompression showing a reduction of proptosis and palpebral fissure. (c) Orbital computed tomography (CT) before surgery. The arrows show the extent of the lateral wall which will be removed to create a full-thickness bony window. (d) Postsurgery orbital CT showing a reduction of exophthalmos. It also illustrates the preservation of the orbital rim, removal of the lateral wall and sphenoidal trigone (arrow), and the soft tissue prolapse into the newly created spaces (e) and postoperative three-dimensional CT reconstruction (f).

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