Contemporary diagnosis and approaches toward optic nerve decompression

Operative Techniques in Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 178-183

  McMains, K Christopher ^a   Kountakis, Stilianos E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decompression; Endoscopic surgery; Optic canal; Optic neuropathy; Traumatic blindness

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; LAZAROID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; ETHMOIDECTOMY; HUMAN; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE INJURY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

EID: 33748712230     PISSN: 10431810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otot.2006.01.008     Document Type: Article

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