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Review
. 2016 Jan 11:3:2.
doi: 10.1186/s40779-016-0069-2. eCollection 2016.

Indirect traumatic optic neuropathy

Eric L Singman  1 , Nitin Daphalapurkar  2 , Helen White  3 , Thao D Nguyen  2 , Lijo Panghat  2 , Jessica Chang  1 , Timothy McCulley  1
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Review

Indirect traumatic optic neuropathy

Eric L Singman et al. Mil Med Res. .

Abstract

Indirect traumatic optic neuropathy (ITON) refers to optic nerve injury resulting from impact remote to the optic nerve. The mechanism of injury is not understood, and there are no confirmed protocols for prevention, mitigation or treatment. Most data concerning this condition comes from case series of civilian patients suffering blunt injury, such as from sports- or motor vehicle-related concussion, rather than military-related ballistic or blast damage. Research in this field will likely require the development of robust databases to identify patients with ITON and follow related outcomes, in addition to both in-vivo animal and virtual human models to study the mechanisms of damage and potential therapies.

Keywords: Biomechanics; Blast; Blunt; Indirect trauma; Neuropathy; Optic nerve; Virtual model.

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