[Compressive optic neuropathy related to an anterior clinoid mucocele].

Nasal sinus mucoceles are an uncommon cause of painful optic neuropathy. We report the case of a patient presenting an acute compressive optic neuropathy related to an anterior clinoid mucocele. The diagnosis was mainly made with CT and MRI, and the patient was treated with endoscopic endonasal transseptal surgery 10 days after the beginning of the disorder.

[Central corneal thickness and retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in ocular hypertensive patients and healthy subjects].

Objective: To evaluate the retinal nerve fiber layer thickness and the central corneal thickness in ocular hypertensive patients and healthy subjects.

Patients And Methods: We prospectively included 55 ocular hypertensive patients (126 eyes) and 63 healthy subjects (110 eyes). In each individual we measured standard automatic perimetry, frequency doubling technique visual field, and central corneal thickness with an ultrasonic pachymeter and optical coherence tomography (OCT).

[Vitreoretinal outpatient surgery: clinical and financial considerations].

Introduction: Vitreoretinal surgery has benefited from great advances opening the opportunity for outpatient management.

Methods: We report on the 6-month experience of outpatient surgery for vitreoretinal diseases.

Results: From November 2007 to April 2008, 270 patients benefited from a vitreoretinal surgery, with 173 retinal detachments, 63 epiretinal membranes, and 34 other procedures.

Late-stage, primary open-angle glaucoma in Europe: social and health care maintenance costs and quality of life of patients from 4 countries.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to estimate costs and quality of life (QoL) of late-stage glaucoma patients in 4 European countries.

Methods: Retrospective review of medical charts of patients with POAG who were followed in a low-vision or vision rehabilitation center in one of 4 countries for at least 1 year was used to determine patient characteristics, health status, and health care resource use. Visual impairment was measured by best-corrected visual acuity (Snellen score).