Why do we need optic nerve decompression of traumatic optic neuropathy patients?

Endoscopic decompression of the optic canal for traumatic optic neuropathy

PURPOSE Traumatic optic neuropathy (TON) is a serious complication of head trauma with the incidence rate of 0.5%-5%. The aim of this study was to investigate the therapeutic efficacy of endoscopic decompression of the optic canal for optic nerve injuries. METHODS In this study, 11 patients treated in our hospital from January 2009 to January 2015 with the visual loss resulting from TON were ...

The efficacy of optic nerve sheath decompression for anterior ischemic optic neuropathy and other optic neuropathies.

First proposed by De Wecker! in 1872 as a treatment for neuroretinitis, optic nerve sheath decompression (or fenestration) is an operation that has caused much controversy. This surgical therapy was not seriously considered until Davidson" and Smith, Hoyt, and Newton" reintroduced it in 1969 as an alternative therapy for chronic disk edema. Over the next 19 years, however, only about 60 cases o...

Optic nerve ischemia: optic nerve sheath decompression alone or with optic nerve decompression.

Anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy: what do we know and what do we still need to know?

Anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy (AION) is the most frequent cause of unilateral papillary edema in patients over 45 years of age. Two main entities can be differentiated in AION: the non-arteritic form (NAION) which constitutes 96% of cases and has an estimated incidence in the USA of 2.3– 10.2 cases for every 100,000 inhabitants1; and the arteritic form (AAION), considered to be an additio...

Traumatic ischaemic optic neuropathy.

Persistent profound visual loss following contusion of the globe or ocular adnexae has been well documented, the visual loss being attributed to haemorrhage into, or contusion of, the optic nerve, or to interference with the blood supply of the eye. The patient described below presented after a contusion of the eye and orbit, with the clinical picture of ischaemic optic neuropathy presumably re...