Aims: To describe the results of orbital decompression in patients with spontaneous globe luxations and to evaluate predisposing factors for this condition.
Methods: The clinical records of patients who underwent orbital decompression for the treatment of spontaneous globe luxations between 2010 and 2013 were reviewed. Data collected were age, gender, predisposing factors, preoperative and postoperative exophthalmometry, duration of follow-up, presence of diplopia before and after surgery and intra- and postoperative complications.
Results: Seven patients underwent orbital decompression after spontaneous globe luxation during the study period. Six patients underwent bilateral decompression. Two patients underwent a three-wall decompression, four of them medial and lateral decompression and one patient medial decompression. The predisposing factors for globe luxation were Graves’ orbitopathy, malar hypoplasia, high myopia, floppy eyelid syndrome and orbital fat hypertrophy in the context of obesity. After orbital decompression, none of the patients reported new globe luxations. No intraoperative complications were observed. None of the patients developed de novo diplopia.
Discussion: Orbital decompression is an effective method for the prevention of new episodes in patients with spontaneous globe luxations. It has good aesthetic and functional results and addresses the exophthalmos present in most cases. 相似文献
Graves’ ophthalmopathy is characterized by an increase in the volume of orbital soft tissue contents and an associated increase in intraorbital pressure. Surgical expansion of bony orbital volume is therefore an effective method of treating moderate to severe exophthalmos. Numerous correlations between specific decompression procedures and reduction of proptosis have been made. The main emphasis of the majority of these studies, however, appears to be of a qualitative nature rather than quantitative.
OBJECTIVES:
To quantitatively examine the consequences of surgical orbital decompression in the treatment of severe Graves’ exophthalmos, with respect to changes in ocular globe projection and orbital soft tissue and bony volume.
MATERIAL AND METHODS:
A series of three patients (five orbits) with severe exophthalmos were evaluated. All patients were operated on by a single surgeon using a standard technique of orbitozygmatic osteotomy in conjunction with three-wall orbital decompression and release of periorbita. Data obtained from standardized preoperative and three-month postoperative computed tomography scans were transferred to an offline computer workstation. Scalar and volumetric parameters were quantitatively analyzed to determine changes in globe projection in relation to intraorbital volume differences.
RESULTS:
Following surgery, mean globe retrodisplacement from the lateral orbital rim and from the optic foramen were 6.7 mm and 3.3 mm, respectively. Osteotomy and decompression were effective in producing an 18.6% increase in bony orbital volume. However, the volume of intraorbital soft tissues increased substantially following surgery, with a 23.4% increase in orbital fat volume and a 12.2% increase in neurovascular tissue volume.
CONCLUSIONS:
The degree of globe retrodisplacement achieved by surgical expansion of the bony orbital cavity in patients with Graves’ ophthalmopathy may be less than anticipated, due to a post-operative increase in the intraorbital soft tissue volumes. 相似文献