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Neuro-ophthalmic manifestations in traumatic brain injury: a hospital-based study from Nepal.
Annals of Medicine and Surgery 2024 April
OBJECTIVE: Neuro-ophthalmic manifestations occur frequently in patients with a traumatic head injury which are often ignored, leading to late presentation with permanent visual disability and visual field defects. This study aimed to find the various neuro-ophthalmic manifestations of traumatic brain injury and correlate them with the neurological status and neuroimaging abnormality.
METHODS: A hospital-based cross-sectional study was carried out among patients admitted to our centre with a diagnosis of traumatic brain injury for a period of six months from August 2020 to January 2021. Glasgow Coma Score was used to grade the severity of the head injury. Detailed ophthalmological examinations were documented in predesigned proforma. Descriptive statistics were used to describe the outcomes.
RESULTS: A total of 377 head injury patients underwent neuro-ophthalmic examination-271 (71.9%) were males and 106 (28.1%) were females. The mean age in our study population was 38.6 ± 16.8 years, their age ranging from 3 to 85 years. Time from injury to ophthalmologic examination ranged from 30 min to 12 days post-injury, the mean duration being 24.2 ± 34 h. Road traffic accidents were the most common cause of head injury, with 203 cases (53.8%). 38 (10.1%) patients had neuro-ophthalmic manifestations-16 (42.0%) had afferent pathway deficits and 22 (57.9%) had efferent pathway deficits. The most frequently encountered neuro-ophthalmic abnormality was optic neuropathy in 14 (36.8%) followed by trochlear, oculomotor, abducens nerve, and chiasmal injury. The presence of brain contusion was associated with traumatic optic neuropathy while skull fractures were associated with trochlear nerve palsy, these associations being statistically significant ( P <0.05).
CONCLUSION: Neuroimaging abnormalities, particularly brain contusions and skull fractures were significantly associated with neuro-ophthalmic deficits.
METHODS: A hospital-based cross-sectional study was carried out among patients admitted to our centre with a diagnosis of traumatic brain injury for a period of six months from August 2020 to January 2021. Glasgow Coma Score was used to grade the severity of the head injury. Detailed ophthalmological examinations were documented in predesigned proforma. Descriptive statistics were used to describe the outcomes.
RESULTS: A total of 377 head injury patients underwent neuro-ophthalmic examination-271 (71.9%) were males and 106 (28.1%) were females. The mean age in our study population was 38.6 ± 16.8 years, their age ranging from 3 to 85 years. Time from injury to ophthalmologic examination ranged from 30 min to 12 days post-injury, the mean duration being 24.2 ± 34 h. Road traffic accidents were the most common cause of head injury, with 203 cases (53.8%). 38 (10.1%) patients had neuro-ophthalmic manifestations-16 (42.0%) had afferent pathway deficits and 22 (57.9%) had efferent pathway deficits. The most frequently encountered neuro-ophthalmic abnormality was optic neuropathy in 14 (36.8%) followed by trochlear, oculomotor, abducens nerve, and chiasmal injury. The presence of brain contusion was associated with traumatic optic neuropathy while skull fractures were associated with trochlear nerve palsy, these associations being statistically significant ( P <0.05).
CONCLUSION: Neuroimaging abnormalities, particularly brain contusions and skull fractures were significantly associated with neuro-ophthalmic deficits.
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