Extracranial Optic Nerve Decompression for Traumatic Optic Neuropathy

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 1990, Pages 1091-1093

  Joseph, Michael P ^a   Lessell, Simmons ^a   Rizzo, Joseph ^a   Momose, K Jack ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ETHMOIDECTOMY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NERVE INJURY; OPTIC CANAL; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; HUMAN; MALE; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISION; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0025158079     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.1990.01070100047032     Document Type: Article

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