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Thyroid Eye Disorder surgery?

Know of any ophthalmic surgeons who specialise in conditions affecting the eyelids and socket, thyroid eye disorder? Would like to know more about this surgery from someone who has gone through the surgery successfully. Have consulted Singapore National Eye Centre but would like to research more on this before I make my decision.

Orbital decompression surgery: In this surgery, the bone between the orbit (the cavity holding the eyeball) and the surrounding sinuses (air spaces next to the orbit) is removed. This provides more space to the swollen tissues behind the eye and thus decreases the protrusion of eyeballs and also the pressure on the optic nerve.

Eye muscle surgery: The involvement of the muscles of the eyes may lead to misalignment of the eyes and thus lead to double vision. If the prisms in the glasses can not relieve the symptoms, surgery may be required. This surgery aims to correct the misalignment by operating on the muscles of the eye. The aim is to give single vision in the straight-ahead gaze and the downgaze (as for reading). It may require more than one surgery to properly align the eyes. This surgery is undertaken only after the misalignment has been constant and is not changing.

Eyelid surgery: In Graves' ophthalmopathy the eyelids open more widely. The surgery on eyelids is undertaken to correct this defect

Here's some info on the surgery & research:
http://www.facialworks.com/index.cfm/Pag...
http://www.cumc.columbia.edu/dept/thyroi...
http://www.cumc.columbia.edu/dept/thyroi...
http://www.ithyroid.com/thyroid_eye_dise...
http://www.thyroid.org/
http://www.emissary.net/thyroid/

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