Citation

Song Y, Li H, Ma Y, Li W, Zhang X, Pan X, Tan G. Acta Otolaryngol. 2013; 133(11): 1196-1200.

Affiliation

Department of Otolaryngology-Head Neck Surgery, Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.3109/00016489.2013.822556

PMID

23919669

Abstract

CONCLUSIONS: Hemorrhage within the ethmoid and/or sphenoid sinus and an interval between the time of injury and the time of operation exceeding 3 days are the risk factors for the visual prognosis of traumatic blindness. OBJECTIVES: To investigate the therapeutic efficacy of endoscopic optic nerve decompression in the treatment of traumatic blindness and to evaluate the relevant prognostic factors. METHODS: Eighty-five cases of traumatic blindness were analyzed retrospectively. Univariate analysis and multiple logistic regression were performed to evaluate potential prognostic factors. RESULTS: The overall rate of vision acuity improvement was 44.7% (38 of 85). Univariate analysis indicated that hemorrhage within the ethmoid and/or sphenoid sinus was significantly associated with unrecovered visual acuity. However, multiple logistic regression analysis identified that an interval between the time of injury and the time of operation exceeding 3 days, and hemorrhage within the ethmoid and/or sphenoid sinus were significantly correlated with the efficacy of treatment of traumatic blindness.

Language: en