Open AccessEffects of Lowering Cerebrospinal Fluid Pressure on the Shape of the Peripapillary Retina in Intracranial Hypertension
Author(s) -
Patrick A. Sibony,
Mark J. Kupersmith,
Robert Honkanen,
F. James Rohlf,
Ali Torab-Parhiz
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
investigative ophthalmology and visual science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.935
H-Index - 218
eISSN - 1552-5783
pISSN - 0146-0404
DOI - 10.1167/iovs.14-15298
Subject(s) - papilledema , medicine , intracranial pressure , nerve fiber layer , cerebrospinal fluid pressure , ophthalmology , retinal , cerebrospinal fluid , lumbar puncture , optical coherence tomography , optic nerve , intraocular pressure , atrophy , surgery , pathology
To analyze the deformations of the peripapillary retinal pigment epithelium-basement membrane (ppRPE/BM) layer in response to procedures that lower intracranial pressure (ICP). Second, to demonstrate how shape changes may complement the mean retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness as a measure of intracranial hypertension (ICH) and papilledema.