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Table 5 Follow-up schedule and parameters examined

From: Total thyroidectomy (Tx) versus thionamides (antithyroid drugs) in patients with moderate-to-severe Graves’ ophthalmopathy – a 1-year follow-up: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Follow-up schedule

 

Follow-up 1 (8 weeks following treatment)

Follow-up 2 (16 weeks following treatment)

Follow-up 3 (32 weeks following treatment)

Follow-up 4 (1 year following treatment)

Pregnancy test

X

X

X

X

Blood test

X

X

X

X

Slit-lamp bimicroscopy

 

X

X

X

Indirect fundoscopy

 

X

X

X

Visual acuity determination with Snellen test

 

X

X

X

Hertel exophthalmometry

 

X

X

X

Ocular motility, cover test, prism cover test, convergence

 

X

X

X

CAScore/NOSPECS

 

X

X

X

Ultrasound

   

X

Adverse events

X

X

X

X

Quality of life form

   

X

Case report form

X

X

X

X

Blood parameter form

X

X

X

X

Current medication form

X

X

X

X

Eye examination form

 

X

X

X