Outcome for Traumatic Optic Neuropathy - Surgical Versus Nonsurgical Treatment

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 36-42

  Yang, Wen Guei ^a   Chen, Chien Tzung ^a,b   Tsay, Pei Kwei ^a   De Villa, Glenda H ^a   Tsai, Yueh Ju ^a   Chen, Yu Ray ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Primary Immunodeficiency Care and Research (PICAR) Institute   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Megadose corticosteroids; Optic nerve decompression; Traumatic optic neuropathy

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MAXILLOFACIAL INJURY; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE INJURY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MAXILLOFACIAL INJURIES; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NERVE INJURIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0346334698     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000096442.82059.6d     Document Type: Article

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