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Higher Surgery Risk for Smokers with TED

Smoking is associated with a greater likelihood that surgery will be required for treating thyroid eye disease (TED), according to a retrospective cohort study in the United States.

Researchers from the Boston Children’s Hospital, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, and Harvard Medical School reported that smoking was associated with an increased risk of surgical intervention for treating thyroid eye disease (TED) in the Intelligent Research in Sight (IRIS) Registry.1

The study included more than 87,000 patients. The primary outcome was the need for surgery to treat TED, that is, orbital decompression, strabismus surgery, and eyelid recession surgery.

The results showed that current smokers had a greater five-year cumulative probability, compared with patients who had never smoked, of undergoing orbital decompression (3.7% vs 1.9%), strabismus surgery (4.6% vs 2.2%), and eyelid recession (4.1% vs 2.6%).

the results support the role of smoking cessation in lowering the burden of surgical disease

“Former smokers were at higher risk for each type of surgery for TED, albeit at lower levels than current smokers,” the authors said.

The study authors said the results support the role of smoking cessation in lowering the burden of surgical disease at the population level.

Reference

  1. Oke I., Reshef E.R., Elze T., et al. Smoking is associated with a higher risk of surgical intervention for thyroid eye disease in the IRIS Registry. Am J Ophthalmol. 2023;249:174–82; Published online 19 Jan 2023; DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.ajo.2023.01.020.

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