Optic atrophy involves vision loss due to damage affecting the optic nerve. Learn more about what causes it, what to expect, and more.

Optic nerve decompression surgery for non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy is not effectve and may be harmful. JAMA 1995; 273 : 625–632. Hupp SL, Buckley EG, Byrne SF, Tenzel RR ...

Optic nerve head evaluations by means of Heidelberg Retina Tomograph, and visual field tests were performed pre-operatively, and at 3 and 6 months after surgery.

Autosomal dominant optic atrophy (ADOA), the most common genetic optic neuropathy, is an insidious disease. It often presents slowly during childhood by way of blurry vision, trouble reading or ...

Alternating Current Stimulation for Vision Restoration after Optic Nerve Damage: A Randomized Clinical Trial. PLOS ONE , June 29, 2016 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0156134 Cite This Page : ...

At MVD surgery after GKS, trigeminal nerve atrophy was noted in 14 of 29 patients, only 1 patient had a thickened arachnoid, and adhesions had formed in 6.

Forty-nine patients (20.41%) had an episode of papilledema, and 26 patients (10.83%) developed optic nerve atrophy over the follow-up period. Eight patients had more than one shunt revision surgery.

June 29, 2016, Magdeburg, Germany - Vision loss due to glaucoma or optic nerve damage is generally considered irreversible. ... Eight patients had more than one cause of optic nerve atrophy.