Results of transantral decompression in hyperthyroid exophthalmos.

For the moment, transantral orbital decompression is the best procedure for the treatment of manifest exophthalmos because it is a simple and effective method with hardly any postoperative complications. If some ocular motility disturbances do not disappear spontaneously postoperatively, they can be treated successfully by muscle surgery. We found that the postoperative reduction of exophthalmos further improved during the first year with an average of 3 mm.