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Posted 11/18/2019 by Deborah Stein

Hyperbaric oxygen and steroids successfully restore vision in a patient with posterior ischemic optic neuropathy (PION)

Doug Sward, MD, and Kinjal Sethuraman, MD, MPH, are among the authors of the article, “Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Perioperative Posterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy: A Case Report” (abstract available), recently published in Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine. The authors report on the successful treatment of postoperative posterior ischemic optic neuropathy (PION) with hyperbaric oxygen therapy and review the current literature on the pathogenesis and treatment of PION.