Visual outcomes for optic nerve sheath fenestration in pseudotumour cerebri and related conditions

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 661-665

  Chandrasekaran, Sujatha ^a   Mccluskey, Peter ^a   Minassian, Darwin ^b   Assaad, Nazih ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Optic nerve sheath fenestration; Pseudotumour cerebri syndrome; Visual field; Visuala cuity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN PSEUDOTUMOR; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; FENESTRATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NERVE SHEATH; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPTIC NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; OPTIC NERVE; PAPILLEDEMA; PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 33748526799     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2006.01301.x     Document Type: Article

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