Optic Neuritis in Ramathibodi Hospital

Anuchit Poonyathalang, M.D.*
Maytinee Suksuratchai, M.D.**
* and ** Department of ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Bangkok 10400.

ABSTRACTThis retrospective study of 42 optic neuritis patients, who were treated during 1985 to 1996 in Neuro-ophthalmology clinic, Ophthalmology department, Ramathibodi Hospital included general characteristics and visual outcome after treatment with methylprednisolone compared with dexamethasone and prednisolone.

The study showed that there was no statistical significant difference in 3 treatment groups about final visual outcome and time of visual improvement. But the patients in prednisolone group had recurrent optic neuritis and multiple sclerosis in higher rate than methylprednisolone group. So oral prednisolone alone is not recommended for treatment of acute optic neuritis.

Thai J Ophthalmol 1996 ; July-December 10(2) : 139-146.

Optic Neuritis in Ramathibodi Hospital

Anuchit Poonyathalang, M.D.*
Maytinee Suksuratchai, M.D.**
* and ** Department of ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Bangkok 10400.

ABSTRACT

This retrospective study of 42 optic neuritis patients, who were treated during 1985 to 1996 in Neuro-ophthalmology clinic, Ophthalmology department, Ramathibodi Hospital included general characteristics and visual outcome after treatment with methylprednisolone compared with dexamethasone and prednisolone.

The study showed that there was no statistical significant difference in 3 treatment groups about final visual outcome and time of visual improvement. But the patients in prednisolone group had recurrent optic neuritis and multiple sclerosis in higher rate than methylprednisolone group. So oral prednisolone alone is not recommended for treatment of acute optic neuritis.

Thai J Ophthalmol 1996 ; July-December 10(2) : 139-146.