Dynamics of visual improvement following chiasmal decompression. Quantitative pre- and postoperative observations

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 512-516

  Jakobsson, Karl Erik ^a   Petruson, Björn ^b   Lindblom, Bertil ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

High pass resolution perimetry; Optic chiasm; Pituitary adenoma; Trans sphenoidal adenomectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; NERVE CONDUCTION; OPTIC CHIASM; PERIMETRY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETINA; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; PERIMETRY; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0036772918     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0420.2002.800510.x     Document Type: Article

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