title: Endoscopic optic nerve decompression for idiopathic intracranial hypertension in two cases: case report.
abstract: Pseudotumor cerebri is a syndrome with headaches and visual loss that sometimes cannot be treated with medication. In spite of medical treatment, the clinical course in some patients can approach extreme dysfunction with severe impairment in visual field and acuity as well as incapacitating headache. Patients with progressive or persistent symptoms require surgical treatment and decompression of the optic nerve is the preferred surgical procedure. We report on two cases of bilateral decompression of the optic nerves performed through an endonasal endoscopic approach.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, University of Kocaeli, Kocaeli, Turkey. kenankoc01@yahoo.com
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Koc
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Anik
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Altintas
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ceylan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001766:Blindness / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000601:surgery; D019299:Decompression, Surgical / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D005005:Ethmoid Sinus / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D009900:Optic Nerve / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009901:Optic Nerve Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009915:Orbit / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000601:surgery; D010211:Papilledema / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D011559:Pseudotumor Cerebri / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013101:Sphenoid Sinus / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome