Book chapter
Management of Posterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy
Ischemic Optic Neuropathies, pp.445-452
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
2011
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-11852-4_22
Abstract
As mentioned earlier (Chap. 19), posterior ischemic optic neuropathy (PION) is of three types: (1) arteritic PION due to giant cell arteritis, (2) non-arteritic PION due to other causes, and (3) surgical PION, attributable to a surgical procedure. Therefore, the management of PION depends upon the type of PION. In all cases other than surgical PION, the most important first step in persons aged 50 years or older is always to rule out GCA, as in AION [1–3].
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Management of Posterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy
- Creators
- Sohan Hayreh - University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics College of Medicine
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Ischemic Optic Neuropathies, pp.445-452
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-642-11852-4_22
- Publisher
- Springer Berlin Heidelberg; Berlin, Heidelberg
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2011
- Academic Unit
- Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9983979938802771
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