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Dears , what is success rate of surgery for eye graves disease? is it safe ? is it common surgery?

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Which surgery?: There are many surgeries that can be done for grave's disease. All of them carry minimal risk, but your surgeon should carefully discuss them with you. Surgery for grave's involving the eyes is not very common, so you need a surgeon with lots of experience!

Answered 2/26/2013

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Dr. Imtiaz Chaudhry answered

Specializes in Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Grave's Eye Disease: Graves eye disease also called thyroid related orbitopathy (tro) can be serious vision threatening in some patients. We perform surgery based on the stage of the tro. In the active stage we usually use pharmacotherapy and when the disease is stable, we consider surgical options. Surgical options include only eyelid surgery, only orbital decompression (fatty and/or bony), and/or muscle surgery.

Answered 2/27/2013

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