From Mary Shomon Your Thyroid Guide
Radiation Alone Does Not Appear to Improve Function in Thyroid Eye Disease
by Mary J. Shomon
October, 2002 -- British researchers have found that radiation to the eye areas, a procedure known as "orbital radiotherapy," is not effective as a solo treatment
to deal with thyroid eye disease, and in particular, reducing or eliminating
double vision. Patients were studied over a six year period, and approximately half
of the patients went on to require surgery. While orbital radiotherapy
is extensively used to treat thyroid eye disease, this is one of the
first times the effectiveness on the eye's motor function and impact
on the disabling diplopia/double vision symptom has been evaluated.
Source: "Radiotherapy in thyroid eye disease: The effect on the field
of binocular single vision," Journal of the American Association
for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, April 2002, Vol. 6,
Number 2.
