The effects of squint surgery on double vision and abnormal head posture in patients with Graves eye disease.
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Graves'orbitopathy strabismus surgeryQuality of life
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 40
Inclusion Criteria
1. GO-patients, who are clinically and biochemically euthyroid for at least three months;
2. GO-patients, who show a stable orthoptic picture for at least three months: Stable means no greater than 5 prism dioptres change in primary position and no greater change in duction as 8°.
Exclusion Criteria
1. GO-patients with suppression (inhibition of the image of the deviating eye in the visual cortex);
2. Presence of previously diagnosed and/or treated for squint not related to the thyroid;
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Primary outcome measure will be the correlation between the changes in the field of BSV and QoL.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Secondary outcomes will be the influence on primary outcome of squint angle, ductions and cyclodeviation. Also, the influence of prior treatment (for instance orbital decompression) on field of BSV, change in proptosis and lid aperture and the number of complications will be recorded.