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Extracranial Optic Nerve Decompression for Traumatic Optic Neuropathy
Michael P. Joseph, MD;
Simmons Lessell, MD;
Joseph Rizzo, MD;
K. Jack Momose, MD
Arch Ophthalmol. 1990;108(8):1091-1093.
Abstract
• We examined 14 patients with acute, unilateral optic nerve injury after blunt head trauma. In each patient the optic canal was decompressed through an ipsilateral external ethmoidectomy. The patients also received treatment with dexamethasone during the perioperative period. There was no morbidity or mortality. Eleven of the 14 patients improved, including 3 of the 5 who could not perceive light preoperatively. Transethmoid-sphenoid optic canal decompression is a safe and effective treatment for indirect optic nerve trauma.
Author Affiliations
From the Departments of Otology and Laryngology (Dr Joseph), Ophthalmology (Drs Lessell and Rizzo), and Radiology (Dr Momose), Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary; and Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital (Dr Momose), Boston.
Footnotes
Accepted for publication April 3, 1990.
Read before the annual meeting of the Triological Society, San Francisco, Calif, April 5, 1989.
Reprint requests to Massachuestts Eye and Ear Infirmary, 243 Charles St, Boston, MA 02114 (Dr Joseph).
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