Affiliation:
1. From the Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School.
Abstract
The management of traumatic optic neuropathy remains controversial. In this report, we present the results of 45 patients treated with extracranial optic nerve decompression after at least 12 to 24 hours of corticosteroid therapy without improvement. Vision improved in 32 patients after surgery (71%), and the mean percentage of improvement from preoperative visual deficit was 40.7% ± 6.9% (median improvement 41.2%). Worsening of vision occurred in none of the patients as a result of the surgery, and no intraoperative or postoperative complications were encountered. We present a treatment protocol for traumatic optic neuropathy with the use of megadose corticosteroids and optic nerve decompression.
Subject
Otorhinolaryngology,Surgery
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