Clinical Study

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

Table 2

Comparison of reduction of exophthalmos and incidence of postoperative diplopia following deep lateral wall decompression.

Deep lateral wall decompressionProptosis reduction (average, mm)Postoperative new-onset diplopia

Ben Simon et al. [46]3.42.6%
Liao et al. [15]3.85.7%
Baldeschi et al. [7]2.313.3%
Chang and Piva [20]4.53% (transient diplopia)
Mehta and Durrani [5]4.818% (transient diplopia)
Cho et al. [19]3.9No data
Zhang et al. [23]3.5No data
Takahashi et al. [35]4.8–5.3No data
Current study4.98.5% (transient diplopia)

Deep lateral wall decompression with partial rim sparing using SONOPET®. Deep lateral wall decompression using SONOPET®.