Table 1.

Clinical data on patients with Graves’ ophthalmopathy operated with orbital decompression and included in the study.

Sex	M	F	F	F
Age at operation	67	38	82	81
Smoking at diagnosis of ophthalmopathy	No	Yes	No	No
Treatment of thyrotoxicosis before op GO
Thyrostatics	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Radioactive iodine	No	No	No	No
Thyroidectomy	No	Yes	No	No
Treatment of ophthalmopathy
Corticosteroids	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Retrobulbar irradiation	No	No	No	No
Duration of ophthalmopathy before operation (months)	8	4	13	60