Abstract
Purpose: To evaluate the long-term results of orbital fat decompression with or without lateral wall decompression in Grave's ophthalmopathy. Methods: The authors studied retrospectively the 24 thyroid-related orbitopathy patients (32 eyes) who had undergone fat removal decompression or combined orbital decompression (lateral wall decompression with fat removal) based on average exophthalmometric values for Koreans. The patients were followed for over six months postoperatively, from December 2000 to December 2008. Results: The average amount of exophthalmos reduction was 4.132.60 mm in the fat removal decompression group and 5.792.02 mm in the combined orbital decompression group, respectively (p
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