purpose : to evaluate the therapeutic effect of posterior sub-tenon methyl prednisolone in anterior ischemic optic neuropathy, no class 1 study has shown any conclusive medical or surgical treatment for non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (naion). efficacy of systemic or intravitreal steroids was suggested by some studies. this study was performed to evaluate the efficacy and safet...

purpose: to compare ophthalmic artery velocity in eyes with nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (naion) with that of normal fellow eyes. methods: in this case-control study, 20 patients with unilateral naion and disease onset less than 8 weeks, were enrolled. using color doppler imaging, mean, maximum systolic and end diastolic ophthalmic artery velocities were evaluated. the result...

The main limitation of the study by Danesh-Meyer et al. was neither discussed nor mentioned. The time axis was not taken into account. The functional change after an acute event such as anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AION) is immediate, but there is a delay before the anatomic changes take place. In this study, most of the patients with nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAIO...

purpose: to evaluate the effect of levodopa-carbidopa on improvement of visual acuity, color vision, and visual field in patients with nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (naion) with onset less than 6 wks. methods: in this double-blind randomized controlled trial, 13 patients were treated with levodopa-carbidopa and 12 patients were treated with placebo for 3 weeks. after 6 months,...