Venous Sinus Stenting Improves Visual Fields and Cerebrospinal Fluid Opening Pressures in Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension

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Identifier 20180306_nanos_posters_191
Title Venous Sinus Stenting Improves Visual Fields and Cerebrospinal Fluid Opening Pressures in Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension
Creator Evan Schloss, Athos Patsalides, Cristiano Oliveira, Jessica Wilcox, Marc Dinkin
Subject High intracranial pressure/headache, Optic neuropathy, Pseudotumor Cerebri, Vascular disorders, Visual fields
Description Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) causes headache and potentially irreversible visual loss, mostly in obese women of childbearing age. Treatment includes weight loss, acetazolamide, and surgical interventions when medications fail. Venous sinus stenting (VSS) has recently emerged as a promising treatment for IIH patients with dural venous sinus stenosis (DSS) but only a minority of studies have studied post-stent opening pressure (OP) or quantitative visual field scores.
Date 2018-03
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Source 2018 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting
Relation is Part of NANOS 2018: Poster Presentations
Collection Neuro-ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NOVEL http://NOVEL.utah.edu
Publisher Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Holding Institution North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Association. NANOS Executive Office 5841 Cedar Lake Road, Suite 204, Minneapolis, MN 55416
Rights Management Copyright 2018. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s6mw6hgt
Context URL The NANOS Annual Meeting Neuro-Ophthalmology Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/NAM/toc/
Contributor Primary Evan Schloss
Contributor Secondary Athos Patsalides, Cristiano Oliveira, Jessica Wilcox, Marc Dinkin
Setname ehsl_novel_nam
ID 1310529
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6mw6hgt
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