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OBJECTIVE: The aim of the authors' study is to show their surgical results in orbital decompression using different endonasal endoscopic techniques. These approaches are according to the degree of proptosis and the presence or not of sight threatening. METHODS: The authors performed 31 orbital decompressions on 20 Graves orbitopathy patients. Average age at surgery was 52 years. There were 5 males and 15 females. Five patients were diagnosed as having severe or for sight-threatening Graves orbitopathy. These included 3 men and 2 women having an average age of 54 years old. Minimum postsurgical follow-up was 12 months in all patients. RESULTS: Orbital decompression was performed in 15 patients for proptosis and in 5 patients for urgent sight threat. Thirteen orbits showed mild proptosis and 18 orbits presented moderate proptosis. In patients without sight threatening reduction of proptosis had a mean value of 2.8âmm as determined by exophtalmometry, being 3.3âmm when measured on magnetic resonance imaging. The mean millimeter in mild proptosis was between 1.5 and 1.7 and between 3.4 and 4.2 in moderate proptosis. In patients having sight threat mean visual acuity after surgery improved from 0.6 to 0.9.Only 1 patient without diplopia preoperative developed diplopia after surgery (17%). In 55% of patients strabismus and/or eyelid surgery were required.In postoperative follow-up, 2 patients developed a mucocele and 1 patient developed corneal erosion. CONCLUSION: The authors recommend the preservation of the periorbital sling and the anterior ethmoido-maxillary angle in patients with mild-moderate exophthalmos and without threatened vision. In case of sight threatening the authors resected the most periorbita as much as possible.Evidence-based medicine Level V.
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Exophthalmos , Graves Ophthalmopathy , Decompression, Surgical , Endoscopy , Exophthalmos/etiology , Exophthalmos/surgery , Female , Graves Ophthalmopathy/surgery , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Orbit/diagnostic imaging , Orbit/surgery , Retrospective Studies , Treatment OutcomeABSTRACT
OBJETIVO: El objetivo de este estudio es comparar la densidad ósea alrededor de la cápsula ótica en pacientes otosclerosos con un grupo control y encontrar el límite de densidad ósea a partir del cual podemos diagnosticar la enfermedad. MATERIAL Y MÉTODOS: Se realizó un estudio retrospectivo de casos y controles. La densidad ósea en unidades de Hounsfield (HU) de 28 oídos otosclerosos fue comparada con la densidad de 33 cápsulas no otoscleróticas. La densidad fue medida en 8 áreas de interés (ROI) donde normalmente se encuentran los focos otoscleróticos. Adicionalmente se realizó la densidad media de estas regiones (PROMED). Además, se calcularon las curvas ROC de cada ROI y la densidad media (PROMED). RESULTADOS: Todas las densidades radiológicas en HU de cada ROI y la densidad media en pacientes otosclerosos fueron menores en comparación con los oídos no otosclerosos. El área bajo la curva ROC de cada ROI y la densidad media mostraron que las áreas con mayor rendimiento diagnóstico fueron la densidad media, la fissula antefenestram y la región precoclear, con valores de corte de 1.980, 1.750 y 2.114 HU, respectivamente. CONCLUSIÓN: La densidad media de la cápsula ótica (PROMED), la densidad en fissula antefenestram (ROI 1) y en la región precoclear (ROI 3) parecen ser los parámetros más útiles para realizar el diagnóstico de otosclerosis
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to compare the bone density around the otic capsule in otosclerotic patients with a control group, and find the cut-off values of bone density from which we can diagnose the disease. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A retrospective case-control study was performed. Bone densities in Hounsfield units (HU) from 28 otosclerotic ears were compared to the densities of 33 non otosclerotic capsules. These densities were measured in eight regions of interest (ROI) where the otosclerotic foci are usually found. The mean density of these regions (PROMED) was taken. Furthermore, the ROC curves of each ROI and the mean density (PROMED) were calculated. RESULTS: All radiological densities in HU of each ROI and the mean density in otosclerotic patients were lower compared to non otosclerotic ears. The area under the ROC curve of each ROI and the mean density showed that the areas with greater accuracy for the diagnosis of otosclerosis were mean density, the fissula ante fenestram, and precochlear region, with cut-off values of 1980 HU, 1750 HU and 2114 HU, respectively. CONCLUSION: The mean density of the otic capsule (PROMED), the density in the fissula ante fenestram (ROI 1) and in the precochlear region (ROI 3) seem to be the most useful parameters to make a diagnosis of otosclerosis
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Humans , Male , Female , Adult , Middle Aged , Aged , Bone Density/physiology , Otosclerosis/physiopathology , Otosclerosis/diagnostic imaging , Ear, Inner/diagnostic imaging , Ear, Inner/physiology , Retrospective Studies , Case-Control Studies , Tomography, X-Ray Computed/methods , ROC Curve , Reference Values , Densitometry/methods , Reproducibility of ResultsABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to compare the bone density around the otic capsule in otosclerotic patients with a control group, and find the cut-off values of bone density from which we can diagnose the disease. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A retrospective case-control study was performed. Bone densities in Hounsfield units (HU) from 28 otosclerotic ears were compared to the densities of 33 non otosclerotic capsules. These densities were measured in eight regions of interest (ROI) where the otosclerotic foci are usually found. The mean density of these regions (PROMED) was taken. Furthermore, the ROC curves of each ROI and the mean density (PROMED) were calculated. RESULTS: All radiological densities in HU of each ROI and the mean density in otosclerotic patients were lower compared to non otosclerotic ears. The area under the ROC curve of each ROI and the mean density showed that the areas with greater accuracy for the diagnosis of otosclerosis were mean density, the fissula ante fenestram, and precochlear region, with cut-off values of 1980HU, 1750HU and 2114HU, respectively. CONCLUSION: The mean density of the otic capsule (PROMED), the density in the fissula ante fenestram (ROI1) and in the precochlear region (ROI3) seem to be the most useful parameters to make a diagnosis of otosclerosis.
