[The dose-effect relationship of strabismus surgery in patients with thyroid associated ophthalmopathy].

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the dose-effect relationship of strabismus surgery in patients with thyroid associated ophthalmopathy (TAO). METHODS: Thirty cases (32 eyes) with TAO treated with extraocular muscle surgery by the author seen between Jan 1999 and March 2006 in Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, China were reviewed retrospectively. RESULTS: Out of the 30 cases (32 eyes), 19 cases were male and 11 were female, with their age ranging from 22 to 68 (mean 49.4 years). The right eye was involved in 11 cases and the left one in 21 cases. The extraocular muscle surgery included recession of inferior rectus muscle (10 muscles), recession of superior rectus muscle (10 muscles), recession of medial rectus muscle (6 muscles), recession of inferior rectus muscle combined with medial rectus muscle (2 eyes), recession of superior rectus muscle combined with medial rectus muscle (1 eye), tenotomy of superior rectus muscle (3 muscles). Thirty cases obtained excellent results, and the rate of ocular alignment was 93.75%. By calculating the dose-effect on 28 successfully corrected (