Prevalence, Phenotype, and Psychosocial Well-Being in Euthyroid/Hypothyroid Thyroid-Associated Orbitopathy.

Background: At the onset of thyroid-associated orbitopathy (TAO), most patients are hyperthyroid, while scarce data are available on euthyroid/hypothyroid TAO. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence, phenotype, and psychosocial burden of patients with initially euthyroid/hypothyroid TAO.

Methods: The medical records of 461 consecutive and unselected patients with TAO followed at a specialized joint thyroid-eye clinic were analyzed within this retrospective cross-sectional study.

Piezosurgery for orbital decompression surgery in thyroid associated orbitopathy.

The purpose of this study was to assess a piezosurgical device as a novel tool for bony orbital decompression surgery. At a multidisciplinary orbital center, 62 surgeries were performed in 40 patients with thyroid associated orbitopathy (TAO). Within this retrospective case-series, we analyzed the medical records of these consecutive unselected patients.