Is combined surgical correction of horizontal and vertical squint of value in graves' ophthalmopathy?
The dose-effect for combined medialis and inferior recessions is enhanced and varies to a much higher degree in comparison to single muscle recessions. Because of the higher variability, patients who need both medialis and inferior recession should be better operated in separate sessions, beginning with the horizontal muscle(s).
Implementation of the Guidelines led to the detection of osteopenia or osteoporosis and initiation of specific therapies in a majority of patients who met the Guidelines' criteria for DEXA screening.