ALLMedicine™ Neuro-ophthalmology Center

Nov 18th, 2021 - To review the literature and provide a summary of COVID-19-related neurologic and neuro-ophthalmic complications. The currently available literature was reviewed on PubMed and Google Scholar using the following keywords for searches: CNS, Neuro-Op...

Oct 31st, 2021 - Optic perineuritis (OPN) is a rare orbital inflammatory disorder that primarily involves the optic nerve sheath (ONS). This study aimed to describe the clinical features of idiopathic OPN as well as OPN secondary to other infectious and inflammato...

Oct 12th, 2021 - Syphilis is an uncommon cause of optic nerve head edema; however, differentiating syphilis from other etiologies of optic nerve head swelling may be challenging. We describe 4 cases of ocular syphilis presenting with swollen optic nerve head(s) wi...

Sep 7th, 2021 - Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APML) is a medical emergency that can initially present with neuro-ophthalmologic signs. Early recognition is crucial, and immediate treatment with all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) and arsenic trioxide (ATO) can be life...

Sep 7th, 2021 - Visual field (VF) testing is an essential component of the neurological examination. The differential diagnosis of VF defects depends on relating this measure of afferent visual function to the structure of the visual pathway and optical coherence...

Dec 12th, 2018 - Practice Advisory for Perioperative Visual Loss Associated with Spine Surgery 2019: An Updated Report by the American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Perioperative Visual Loss, the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society, and the Soc...

Aug 17th, 2021 - Definition: This will be a parallel designed, open-labeled, randomized add-on comparison study between 1) intravenous high dose corticosteroids combined with plasma exchange (PE) and 2) merely intravenous high dose corticosteroids followed subsequ...

Sep 11th, 2020 - The purpose of this study is to develop tools to detect, measure, monitor and predict axonal damage in the course of CIS and during Multiple sclerosis (MS), in order to be able to consider as early as possible an adaptation of the background treat...

Jan 11th, 2017 - The purpose of eye movements is to ensure clear, optimal vision. In order to see clearly, images must be held steady on the retina. Best visual acuity is achieved when the image of the object of interest is brought to and held on the fovea of the ...

Sep 2nd, 2015 - This will be a single-blind, randomized comparison study between 1000mg IV methylprednisolone daily for three days and 1250mg oral prednisone daily for three days of the recovery of optic nerve function in acute demyelinating optic neuritis. We wi...

Mar 10th, 2021 - Central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO) is a medical emergency, and systems of care need to evolve to enable prompt recognition, triage, and management in a manner similar to that of cerebral ischemic stroke, the American Heart Association (AHA) c...

Mar 24th, 2019 - DALLAS – A battery of smartphone tests have been developed to help clinicians detect and monitor eye changes in MS patients. At a meeting of the Americas Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis, Randy H.

Mar 1st, 2019 - DALLAS – A battery of smartphone-based tests has been developed to help detect visual pathway disturbances in MS patients and to follow them over time. “One of the ideas is, can you design something that’s so easy to use and quick that it’s not a.

Jan 3rd, 2019 - Thinking about mistakes, especially medical mistakes, is uncomfortable. It is certainly more enjoyable to read about a promising new therapy than to scrutinize the reasons that medical mistakes are happening. Yet, medical mistakes are currently th...

Jun 13th, 2017 - Researchers investigated the amount of time pediatric ophthalmologists spend using electronic health records (EHRs) and when that documentation takes place. In a point-counterpoint, two experts debate whether the anti-vascular endothelial growth f...