Open AccessRole of ultrasonographic optic nerve sheath diameter in the diagnosis and follow-up of papilledema and its correlation with Frisén's severity grading
Author(s) -
Nithya Raghunandan,
Mary Joseph,
Suneetha Nithyanandam,
Shubhashree Karat
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
indian journal of ophthalmology/indian journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1998-3689
pISSN - 0301-4738
DOI - 10.4103/ijo.ijo_1827_18
Subject(s) - medicine , papilledema , optic nerve , atrophy , ophthalmology , grading (engineering) , significant difference , nuclear medicine , surgery , civil engineering , engineering
The aim of this study was to compare the ultrasonographic optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) in different grades of papilledema and in controls and to evaluate ONSD in atrophic papilledema/optic atrophy when raised ICP was suspected.