Ophthalmology
Volume 118, Issue 2 , Pages 412-414 , February 2011

Effect of Optic Nerve Sheath Fenestration on Papilledema of the Operated and the Contralateral Nonoperated Eyes in Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension

  • Adel H. Alsuhaibani, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Adel H. Alsuhaibani, MD, Department of Ophthalmology, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, King Saud University, PO Box 245, Riyadh 11411, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
    • ,
  • Keith D. Carter, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa
    • ,
  • Jeffrey A. Nerad, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cincinnati Eye Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio
    • ,
  • Andrew G. Lee, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa
    • Department of Ophthalmology, The Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas
    • Departments of Ophthalmology, Neurology, and Neurosurgery, Weill Cornell Medical College and the Department of Ophthalmology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas

Received 6 March 2010 ,Revised 22 June 2010 ,Accepted 23 June 2010.

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 Manuscript no. 2010-344.

 Financial Disclosure(s): The author(s) have no proprietary or commercial interest in any materials discussed in this article.

 Supported in part by an unrestricted educational grant from Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc., New York, New York.

PII: S0161-6420(10)00697-4

doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2010.06.025

Ophthalmology
Volume 118, Issue 2 , Pages 412-414 , February 2011

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