Corticosteroids, used prudently, are one of the most potent and effective modalities available
in the treatment of ocular inflammation. However, they can produce a plethora of adverse …

Radiation-induced optic neuropathy (RION) is a devastating late complication of
radiotherapy to the anterior visual pathway resulting in acute, profound, irreversible visual …

Non-arteritic anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy (NAION) is the most common acute optic
neuropathy in people aged 50years and older. The condition is caused by infarction of the …

Ophthalmic Surgery, edited by Drs. George Spaeth, Helen Danesh-Meyer, Ivan Goldberg,
and Anselm Kampik, provides the detailed, full-color, step-by-step guidance you need to …

purpose. To investigate the spatial relationship between retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL)
thickness measured with optical coherence tomography (OCT) and visual field sensitivity …

We evaluate if the relationship between optical coherence tomography (OCT) of the retinal
nerve fibre layer (RNFL) and visual outcome continued over long-term visual recovery in …

purpose. Restoration of visual function after neurosurgery for parachiasmal tumors is
variable and unpredictable. The current study was conducted to determine whether in vivo …

Connexin43 gap junction protein is expressed in astrocytes and the vascular endothelium in
the central nervous system. It is upregulated following central nervous system injury and is …

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the incidence and extent of visual recovery in patients with giant
cell arteritis (GCA) treated with high doses of systemic corticosteroids. DESIGN: Multicenter …

© 2001 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. ciation with the LASIK procedure,
rather than due to concurrent progression of the underlying disease. The IOP has measured …