The Outcome of Endoscopic Transethmosphenoid Optic Canal Decompression for Indirect Traumatic Optic Neuropathy with No-Light-Perception.

Conclusion. For patients suffering from ITON with NLP, time to medical treatment within 3 days is an influential factor for visual prognosis. Optic nerve atrophy is an important predictor for visual prognosis. Treatment should still be recommended even for cases of delayed presentation to hospital. PMID: 27965891 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27965891?dopt=Abstract

Source: Journal of Ophthalmology - December 16, 2016 Category: Opthalmology Tags: J Ophthalmol Source Type: research