Journal article
Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy: IV. Occurrence After Cataract Extraction
Archives of ophthalmology (1960), Vol.98(8), pp.1410-1416
08/01/1980
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.1980.01020040262010
PMID: 7417076
Abstract
• Findings are described from 13 eyes in which post-cataract-extraction anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (PCE-AION) developed immediately after an uncomplicated cataract extraction. During the early stages of the disease, the disc is edematous, with optic disc-related visual-field defects, but after about two months, the disc is pale. The almost invariable high rise of intraocular pressure during the immediate postoperative period plays a critical role in production of PCE-AION in eyes with vulnerable optic nerve head circulation. There is a high risk of development of PCE-AION in the second eye in patients with PCE-AION in the first eye, but this can be prevented by prophylactic measures. Post-cataract-extraction AION needs to be differentiated from ordinary AION seen in aphakic eyes months or years after the cataract extraction.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy: IV. Occurrence After Cataract Extraction
- Creators
- Sohan Singh Hayreh
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Archives of ophthalmology (1960), Vol.98(8), pp.1410-1416
- DOI
- 10.1001/archopht.1980.01020040262010
- PMID
- 7417076
- NLM abbreviation
- Arch Ophthalmol
- ISSN
- 0003-9950
- eISSN
- 1538-3601
- Publisher
- American Medical Association
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 08/01/1980
- Academic Unit
- Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9984182755002771
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