Table 3.
Representative studies concerning complications of optic nerve sheath fenestration in idiopathic intracranial hypertension and others
| Studies | Numbers | Diagnosis | Overall complications | Intra-operative complications | Motility disorders/diplopia | Pupillary dysfunction | Visual loss due to ONSF | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Plotnik and Kosmorsky [27]a |
31 (38 eyes) | IIH, NAION, and others | 44.7% | 5.3% | 28.9% (100%b) | 10.5% (75%b) | 10.5% (25%b) | 0% |
| Banta and Farris [10] | 86 | IIH | 45.3% | 0% | 34.9% (87%b) | 7% | 2.4% (50%b) | 7.0% (Corneal dellen) |
| Chandrasekaran et al. [12] | 32 | IIH and others | 15.6% | 0% | 9.4% (100%b) | 6.3% (100%b) | 0% | 3.1% (Disc hemorrhage, 100%b) |
| Moreau et al. [11] | 331 | IIH, NAION, OND, and others | 6.9% | 0% | 6.0% (60%b) | 0% | 0% | 1.1% (Corneal dellen or conjunctival pyogenic granuloma, 100%b) |
| Obi et al. [13] | 14 | IIH | 9.7% | 0% | 6.5% (100%b) | 0% | 0% | 3.2% (Ocular discomfort, 100%b) |
| Vaidya et al. [28] | 104 | IIH | 23.0% | 0% | 6.7% (100%b) | 16.3% | 0% | 0% |
| Bersani et al. [29] | 42 | IIH | 2.6% | 0% | 2.6% (0%b) | 0% | 0% | 0% |
IIH idiopathic intracranial hypertension, NAION non-arteritic ischemic optic neuropathy, OND optic nerve drusen, ONSF optic nerve sheath fenestration
a In this study, the complication rates were measured based on the number of eyes
b The percentage of transient complications among total complications was shown in the brackets