Optic Neuropathy

DENVER — Approximately half of experts report routinely using antibiotics to treat orbital floor fractures and using steroids for traumatic optic neuropathy, according to survey results presented here.

A significant improvement of visual acuity was reported in eyes treated with a unilateral intravitreal injection of lenadogene nolparvovec for Leber hereditary optic neuropathy, researchers reported at the 2022 American Academy of Neurology annual meeting.

An 88-year-old woman developed an acute onset of painless, monocular vision loss in the right eye.

BOSTON – Treatment with latanoprostene bunod 0.024% induced a significant increase in optic nerve blood volume and oxygen saturation compared with latanoprost 0.005%, according to a presentation at the American Academy of Optometry annual meeting.

A 65-year-old woman presented to the New England Eye Center with 4 weeks of decreased vision and 6 months of progressive ocular irritation, redness and retro-orbital pain in both eyes.

A 68-year-old man was referred to the New England Eye Center neuro-ophthalmology clinic for evaluation of acute loss of vision in the left eye.

Researchers discovered a significant relationship between pupil diameters and visual evoked potential among patients with early stages of glaucomatous optic neuropathy, providing a potential method for early detection.

Optic disc drusen may be an independent risk factor for the development of nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy in younger patients, according to a study published in the American Journal of Ophthalmology.

Clinicians may refer suspicious glaucoma diagnoses to neuro-ophthalmologists, according to a presentation at the virtual Women in Ophthalmology Summer Symposium.

Defining objective criteria for glaucomatous optic neuropathy, rather than relying on clinical assessments alone, is needed for comparing outcomes across clinical research studies, according to a speaker at the virtual Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology meeting.