Dr. Praveen J, J17709, Dr. Mahesh Kumar
Purpose: To study the demographics, management of optic atrophy (OA) due to neuro ophthalmic disorders. Methods: Prospective analysis from Mar 2015 to Dec 2015. Excluded glaucomatous and consecutive optic atrophy.Results: 147 patients (187 eyes) with mean age 36 years, M:F ratio 2.5 :1, smoker (38.1%), alcoholism (26.5%), ethambutol intake(5.4%), trauma (45%), post optic neuritis (6.1%), papilloedema (4%), defective vision (100%), head ache (32%), field defect (26%), median visual acuity (VA) 5/60, dyschromatopsia (94.6%), RAPD (74.8%),pale disc(98.4%), total anopia (30.6%). Traumatic OA (40.6%), secondary OA(16.5%), undetermined primary OA(14.3%), toxic OA (14.4%), ischemic (5.8%),compressive OA (5.6%),Lebers OA(1.6%). Blindness (6.8%), one month VA worsened (70.5%), static (18.7%), improved(10.6%). Conclusion: Traumatic OA is common and visual recovery has no relation with time of initiating treatment.Neuroimaging significant in 46.3% cases. Compressive OA has better prognosis of all