Editorial: Erythropoietin for Optic Neuritis

This article is an Editorial and does not include an Abstract.&nbsp

Are Anemia and Hypotension Causally Related to Perioperative Ischemic Optic Neuropathy?

In this issue of Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology, M. Tariq Bhatti, MD and Mark L. Moster, MD, will discuss the following 6 articles

The Prevalence of Bilateral Optic Disc Edema in Non-Arteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy

To determine the prevalence of bilateral optic disc edema from NAION, and to compare the clinical features of those patients with bilateral optic disc edema to those of patients with typical unilateral or sequential NAION

Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy After Dental Extraction: Response

Dr. Harvey has questioned why we did not suggest that our patient's ischemic optic neuropathy was related to the use of systemic anesthetic agents rather than due to the local block given for dental anesthesia. We did not discount the possibility of the systemic effects of anesthesia and discussed these in the final 3 paragraphs of our report. We emphasized that our patient had no cardiovascular findings to suggest the systemic effects from anesthesia

Neuroophthalmic Complications of Chemotherapy

Patients with cancer not infrequently develop neurologic or ophthalmologic conditions.curriculum_fellow; GVSchemotherapy; VBtreatmentofbraintumors; KBDneuroophthalmiccomplicationsofchemotherap