Visual improvement after chiasmapexy for primary empty sella turcica.
Postoperative visual improvement is described in a patient found to have primary empty sella turcica on evaluation of her sole symptom, progressive painless visual impariment. Chiasmal elevation by filling the sella turcia with muscle was found to be an alternative to opening the lamina terminalis and may be preferred in cases of empty sella which lack dense adhesions of the chiasm to the sella floor.
D000328:Adult; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D009896:Optic Atrophy / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D009897:Optic Chiasm / Q000601:surgery*; D012658:Sella Turcica / Q000002:abnormalities*; D014794:Visual Fields