title: [Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy. The experience of 71 cases].
abstract: The purpose of the study is to point out the characteristic clinical, therapeutical and evolutive features in the acute ischaemic suffering of the optic nerve's preliminary portion. A retrospective study has been performed, on the patients with anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy (AION), hospitalized in the Ophthalmologic Clinic from Cluj-Napoca, between 1986-1994: 71 cases. The main functional (visual field, visual acuity) and ophthalmoscopic aspects are analyzed, as their evolution after treatment. Results are significantly better if corticosteroids are systemically used (43.3% improvement of the visual field) than in their absence (17.07% improvement of the visual field). The high percentage of failures (70%) proves the absence of a therapeutical method to cure or bring a significant visual function's improvement in AOIN.
authors.affiliation: Clinica Oftalmologică, Cluj-Napoca.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nicoară
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Macarie
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vulpe
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pop
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009887:Ophthalmoscopy; D009900:Optic Nerve / Q000098:blood supply*; D009901:Optic Nerve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012383:Romania; D014787:Vision Tests
vernacular_title: Neuropatia optică ischemică anterioară. Experienţa pe 71 cazuri.