Strabismus surgery improves the quality of life of strabismus patients with thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy

Background The effect of strabismus surgery on the quality of life of strabismus patients with thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy is unclear, The aim of the study is to explore the effect of strabismus surgery on the quality of life of strabismus patients with quiescent thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy (TAO).Methods This study is a prospective case-series study. Strabismus patients with TAO who were admitted in the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University from October 2011 to April 2016 were included in this study. The patients completed the Graves' ophthalmopathy quality of life questionnaire (GO-QOL) before the operation and 6 weeks after the operation. Preoperative and postoperative quality of GO-QOL scores were compared using paired samples t-test. The correlation between the angle of misalignment and the quality of life was analyzed using Spearman correlation analysis.Results We recruited 23 patients for this study, including 11 males and 12 females. Patients were 31-67 years old with a mean age of 49.04 years. Compared to preoperative GO-QOL scores, postoperative GO-QOL scores for visual function (43.04 vs. 73.50, pConclusions Strabismus surgery significantly improves the quality of life of the strabismus patients with quiescent TAO.